Martin Sheen homeless enabler
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: Martin Sheen was made honorary Mayor of Malibu, declaring it a sanctuary for homeless, so other cities sent their homeless there.
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When the Sheen comes off the rose
Santa Monica had a rash (literally) of homeless people. Beach communities are magnets because they are warm and arty, there is a place to sleep, and so on. The problem was aggravated when Martin Sheen was made honorary mayor of neighboring Malibu, and promptly declared it a "nuclear-free zone, a sanctuary for aliens and the homeless", meaning they should all come and live there without harassment.
Neighboring radio stations (and mayors) started getting busses together to ship all the homeless up there to comply with Martin's calls for utopia, which was all very humorous and ironic, and outraged many of the locals. Humorous, not in a "ha ha" sort of way, but in a "careful what you wish for" and bitter irony sort of way. They got the desired outcome: homelessness in Santa Monica went up, as did crime, disease, substance abuse.
This is complete California / Hollywood liberal stupidity in a nutshell. The problems with homelessness are a lot more complex than just feelings. You don't want to be cruel to them. (I have a friend that's homeless, and have tried to help a few times). But on the other hand, feeding the squirrels gets more squirrels. You need to balance feelings with consequences.
