The mayors of San Francisco and San Jose, respectively Daniel Lurie and Matt Mahan, have been extraordinarily active on the homelessness front. Almost every night sees one or both of them in the news, announcing a new plan or citing some new statistics. While their impact on the actual crisis is still to be determined, at the very least they’re letting voters know they’re involved and they care.

I have urged Gov. Newsom in the strongest terms to put a redistricting initiative on the next available State ballot. My understanding from the news is that it’s not possible to do this in California (the way it is in Texas) without the voters’ express approval. However, based on my research, this is not so much a matter of law so much as of custom.

I can understand how someone might have tough times and end up broke and on the street. What I don’t understand is why such people turn into slobs.

We hear a lot about judges who release dangerous criminals on their own recognizance or with very low bails, thus returning them to the streets where they can (and often do) reoffend. The public is understandably upset about this practice. Well, here’s the poster child for lenient judges who let thugs go free while their cases are pending.

Ken Houston is proving to be one of the more reasonable members of the Oakland City Council, which has long been dominated by leftist quacks. Houston’s effort to allow the city to quickly get rid of homeless encampments on sidewalks was, predictably, immediately opposed by Carroll Fife, the poster child for the pro-encampment group.