Start with social work and housing assistance, drug treatment, and trauma counseling so they can transition to readiness for work and independent living. Yes, some may be schizophrenic or have some other disorder that needs medication and an adherence plan so they stay on their meds—like the first things I listed. Adams wants to snatch them off the street and stick them in a locked ward so we don’t have to see them anymore. Many homeless are veterans, sent home without help from the same government that delights in spending trillions on weapons systems like the F-35 that are as dangerous to the pilot as they are to the enemy. Take some of that $600 million and spend it on veterans.