[ExI] portable toilets, was: RE: Watch robots make pizzas from start to finish at an automated pizzeria

[William Flynn Wallace]

googled sf homeless - 8000.  I doubt they have the space.  And putting
someone in a mental facility is very legally complicated.  Probably each
case would have to go before a judge - your solution is just not feasible.
 bill w

On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 12:15 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 9:26 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>> Same with public parks: homeless people move into them.
>>
>
> And get moved out.
>
> I once again propose a law that the homeless must accept shelter if
> available (if it meets certain requirements, the lack of which are common
> reasons to avoid shelter, such as protection from abuse), and if they
> refuse, are automatically candidates for confinement to mental health
> facilities until such time as they will accept shelter (that meets said
> requirements).  Paired with this law would be requirements for local
> governments to provide and maintain shelter (with said requirements) based
> on measured need within their locality (not some abstract formula, but
> based on the measured number of homeless in that area); if they fail, their
> budgets can be reallocated to fulfill this mandate at the direction of the
> state and/or federal government.
>
>
>> Result: I can easily imagine new demand for a car with a kind of
>> emergency toilet.
>>
>
> In most cases, this is also known as an RV.
>
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