>shortage of housing Hummm... maybe there isn't a housing shortage but more of an illegal population explosion. >a third of California’s 40 million people live in poverty Could it be that fiat currency is the problem here? >billions of dollars to help homeless LOL. of course. Ever more money. That's always the answer. Oh, and where does this endless supply of money come from? >the crisis will continue to worsen. That's a given.