Simple fix for LA scavengers

Los Angeles has a major problem with scavengers. People that dig through peoples trash to find recyclables. This is against the law, yet the state encourages it by giving people money to do.

Why would the state encourage such bad behavior?

The people that do this are generally also:

Trespassing - Going onto peoples property to dig through their trash
Littering - Throwing trash on the ground as they dig
Unsanitary - ripping open trash bags and spreading germs and disease
Loud - they slam trash cans in the middle of the night, trop through neighborhoods
Thieves - many have stolen shopping carts they collect cans in. Plus they are stealing from the state recycle programs
Illegal Immigrants - Many of the scavengers are here illegally.

People claim they use this money to survive, but the harsh reality is at least half use it for drugs.

Food and shelter are available to those that need it. There are soup kitchens and shelters throughout the city.

Many politicians don't seem to know what to do about the problem. The news stories, show interviews with overpaid 'do-nothings' who talk and talk and do nothing. I'm sick to death of it, and of those people.

THE WAY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IS SIMPLE

SOLUTION: End the cash rebate for recyclables!!!

It's so simple.

People will stop digging through the trash if they don't get money for doing it!

The state can still collect the CRV, and can use the money it collects to increase the funding to Homeless shelters, and soup kitchens, and halfway houses.

Then the state will also get millions (billions?) more in revenue as the recycling they collect quadruples. California sorts all it's trash already so they can get all the recyclables out if they are in the trash. This can encourage more recycling and give money to any other needy group affected by the ending of cash handouts.

What about the kids?

Kids can collect recyclables and turn them over to the schools who can get money for them. This helps the schools and the kids.

We don't need to give out cash to encourage recycling anymore. This is no longer helping society, it's hurting it.

Time to tackle the problem head on.