Dear Ron,
Ok, I understand. My daughter (the one who volunteers at the Tenderloin Tutorial Program) said the same thing as you -- giving does not help.
Regarding your proposal to privatize the projects -- sounds great, but I do not know enough about the housing programs to comment. I am wondering if you might not want to consider something easier.
By "easier" I mean a local law that can be whacked at. One idea: Fourth Amendment violations. Example: a couple of years ago, a young man tried to beat a light and I ran into his car; when the police came, they searched his car, but not mine. Why did they search his car? Yes, he clearly committed a traffic violation, but what does that have to do with the contents of his car? What does *local* law say about searches?
Marcy