The root cause of homelessness has to do with city and state governments enacting bone-headed policies like rent control, lengthy and costly building permits, so-called green mandates, strict building codes, and NIMBYism from elitist snobs who don’t want high-rise apartment complexes spoiling their view of the Pacific Ocean. Add to anti-landlord laws and SJWs demanding that housing is a right, and all of this has created an artificial shortage of available housing.