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From what I have seen in the city of Portland, there are two types of homeless - the ones that become that way because of an inability to make a living for various social reasons and the others who just decide it's a good way of making a quick buck.

So Yes, enforcing panhandling is a good way of discouraging the ones who operate it as a business but it isn't going to solve the problem of homelessness.

A better way of tackling homelessness would be putting homeless people into a program that would get them a job or help them with their drug addiction problem or any other problem that has led them to a life on the streets.

On top of this there should be safeguards for the working class to hold onto their jobs and be able to get proper health care because these will be the people most threatened to fall into homelessness either because they couldn't pay their mortgage or because they have a disability neither the government nor the private insurance companies want to address. This is why a lot of homeless people choose to stay homeless. They get food from their local soup kitchen and medical attention from local charities. The working class struggle to get these issues on a regular basis. Following the system does not work anymore.

A reduction in the number of real homeless people automatically repels the homeless entrepreneurs because they stand out.

If the city of Roseburg has strong programs like these then their law is valid.

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