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They should have converted DC General homeless shelter into a secured mental hospital instead of panic closing it after the Relisha Rudd system failure/tragedy...rehabbed and secured. Who owns the land now... Did Bowser sell it for a song to developers?

Yes, she did.

Redeveloping the DC General real estate was the primary driver for Bowser to push building homeless shelters in each ward. That, and to spread the challenge around for “equity.”[/quote]

And let's not forget the sweetheart ground leases that were done with respect to the homeless shelters which were located on privately owned land . . . .

Agree that DC General should have been made a secure mental hospital.  Had unsettling experience today at noon in the block at Van Ness/Wisconsin where the Psychiatric Institute is.  Woman at bus stop ranting loudly, angrily and continuously.  The level of violence by the mentally ill in the city has risen so much that now I cross the street from people behaving like that because I am worried about getting shoved into traffic.  [/quote]

Fear of a life altering violent attack is not baseless. The mentally ill Landon grad who attacked the elderly couple outside the Cathedral Commons Giant was just sentenced. The woman suffered brain injuries and has never regained her ability to walk or speak. In a prior attack on his own elderly father at his home in Georgetown he broke his hip. Alex has had every intervention - private treatment, St. Es, a halfway house, DC Jail, supervised release, and he has continued to violently attack people. We need facilities for the dangerous criminally insane. Alex is still quite young and strong. He is likely to kill someone someday. His father is terrified of him when he is unmedicated.

The sidewalks are cheaper but the price this poor woman paid and that we all risk for ourselves and our kids, is incalculable. I heard a Basis parent was violently attacked by a vagrant right outside the school recently. Nowhere is really safe in publicm day or evening. Current street drugs can worsen or even cause mental issues. The status quo can't stand.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/panhandler-who-attacked-elderly-couple-admits-to-beating-them-with-victims-cane-in-dc/ar-AA1l32ZD[/quote]

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