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Property rights are under constant threat in California
By MATT FLEMING | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2022 at 8:26 p.m. | UPDATED: August 23, 2022 at 8:27 p.m.
Los Angeles’ proposed 2024 ballot measure to compel hotels to accept homeless guests with vouchers is not only bad policy, but it should concern everyone.
First, it’s just bad policy. It’s not hotels’ responsibility to solve homelessness. It would put hotel staff in a bad position and it would hurt tourism.
Not all homeless people are dangerous, drug addicts or have serious mental illness — but many do fall into at least one of those categories.