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Re: Cities, Counties and Vagrants
Author: Ronald
Date: 12-14-2019 - 09:26
The Shadow Wrote:
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> Let's see now. The homeless "problem" became acute
> after the mid-1970s closing of age-old mental
> hospitals, such as Agnew State Hospital, where
> "mentally incompetent" people were housed. This
> was a result of several factors: ongoing
> maltreatment of the "patients" (read: inmates),
> the development of anti-psychotic drugs, and the
> desire to reduce budgets. The theory was: we can
> close the hospital to avoid the overhead costs,
> give the patients the medication, and they could
> fend for themselves.
>
> This all came to pass under Governor Ronald
> Reagan. The hospital were sold off and developers
> got their bucks, and cities (SF, LA, etc.) by in
> large were left holding the sack after it became
> more than apparent that self-medication was
> unworkable because these people were essentially
> incompetent to take care of themselves. Reagan was
> a darling of the GOP -still is- and never mind the
> political leanings of money grubbing developers.
> However, you Ministry of Truthers always blame the
> DEMs.
This is the story line about closing California state mental hospitals.Here's another one less popular.Public sentiment had turned against mental hospitals using "psychiatric holds" holding patients against their will.The movie One flew over the coo coo nest reinforced this this sentiment. The ACLU sued California and prevailed over holding patients against their will..The state hospitals started releasing patients statewide. Under Regan they began consolidating and closed the empty very expensive hospitals.
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> Let's see now. The homeless "problem" became acute
> after the mid-1970s closing of age-old mental
> hospitals, such as Agnew State Hospital, where
> "mentally incompetent" people were housed. This
> was a result of several factors: ongoing
> maltreatment of the "patients" (read: inmates),
> the development of anti-psychotic drugs, and the
> desire to reduce budgets. The theory was: we can
> close the hospital to avoid the overhead costs,
> give the patients the medication, and they could
> fend for themselves.
>
> This all came to pass under Governor Ronald
> Reagan. The hospital were sold off and developers
> got their bucks, and cities (SF, LA, etc.) by in
> large were left holding the sack after it became
> more than apparent that self-medication was
> unworkable because these people were essentially
> incompetent to take care of themselves. Reagan was
> a darling of the GOP -still is- and never mind the
> political leanings of money grubbing developers.
> However, you Ministry of Truthers always blame the
> DEMs.
This is the story line about closing California state mental hospitals.Here's another one less popular.Public sentiment had turned against mental hospitals using "psychiatric holds" holding patients against their will.The movie One flew over the coo coo nest reinforced this this sentiment. The ACLU sued California and prevailed over holding patients against their will..The state hospitals started releasing patients statewide. Under Regan they began consolidating and closed the empty very expensive hospitals.
