One of the things I haven't been able to cover is what exactly the punishment WAS for those arrested for sleeping outside. A fine? Good luck collecting. A night in jail? In the proper conditions, that at least provides shelter. The city could simply build a whole lot of those pod things they have in Japanese airports, make restroom facilities and showers available nearby and sentence anyone arrested to a month or more of sleeping in same (though not requiring them to stay in them during the day. ) How do you like that, taxpayers????