La Jolla Homeless

The Los Angeles Times (May 31) printed two letters pertaining to homelessness in La Jolla. One ranted at the “insecure and mean-spirited” La Jollans while the other raved that “the hearts of city leaders and residents has made La Jolla ugly.” What inane nonsense!

La Jolla’s problem with the homeless is a new one, coinciding perfectly with the opening of a homeless center in the midst of our community. This center, prompted by politically correct activists, is assuring its “success” by offering free food as an attractant to transients and panhandlers which formerly frequented other areas.

The bait is working wonderfully, with the shopping cart brigade now streaming through our neighborhoods to receive their bounty. Crime and panhandling has increased accordingly.

The letter writers seem less interested in helping the poor than they are in spewing venom against the “rich.” Raising their strident voices in the cause of class warfare, they appear to have as their true goal the destruction of a prosperous, clean and safe community.

CARL B. LIND, La Jolla