Personally, I'm for more punitive action and also hope the well-meaning relocation efforts work.  I really feel for the local people who have jobs and are trying hard, but housing is out of reach.  We can definitely help those who want to be helped.  But the more we "solve the homeless problem", it will only get worse as every other state in the union will rush to offload their homeless to Hawaii, the Mecca for Homeless.  Gov. Ariyoshi tried in the early '90's to limit entry to the state and restrict benefits to those who haven't been here for enough time to actually pay tax and carry part of the load; that effort didn't get very far.  How best to contain and try to fix our present problem without having scores more people show up?  Can we make the airlines take them back if they can't prove they have a place to stay?