Yes, unfortunately it is and the way we handle this isn't exclusive to SF. Google Andrew Yang NYC homeless. Everyone is avoiding the elephant in the room and refusing to touch this issue.
I don’t know if it’s unpopular or not but it’s certainly not as simple as “you force them to get the psychiatric help that they need.” That’s not how it works at all. You can’t force people to heal or get better — they have to want it themselves. When people make these types of sweeping statements, it makes me really question if they’ve ever been in a situation where a loved one has been resisting getting help for years.