I can appreciate that you have a heart, and that you want these people to be cared for.  I have to ask though, have you ever been homeless?  Simply having a place to sleep where you can't be harassed does absolutely ZERO to solve this issue--I would assert that it only exacerbates the issue.  For any person with an ounce of self respect, being homeless is a horribly boring ordeal.  People who have no interest in earning a living or purposely choosing this 'alternative lifestyle' are not refugees from class warfare.  They are bums.  And to propose that any small business owner downtown should chip in so these bums have a place to defecate other than the park blocks is absolutely absurd!  Keep and expand the current avenues for those with mental illness/homelessness that need a hand UP, cut off the hand OUTS. NO more sanctuary!