Viewpoints
Opinion

Rethinking California’s Safety Net: A Call for True Compassion 

Rethinking California’s Safety Net: A Call for True Compassion 
A homeless man pulls his belongings in Los Angeles on May 30, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
|Updated:
0:00
Commentary

Imagine ten regular adults pulling a large, empty cart along a flat road. As one participant is injured, the group loads the person into the cart and, with relative ease, continues on their journey. As a second and third person become incapacitated or are no longer able to contribute in a meaningful way, they are removed from their pulling duties and put into the cart. While the load with increased ridership becomes progressively heavier, pulling the cart is still manageable.

Lance Christensen
Lance Christensen
Author
Lance Christensen is the vice president of California Policy Center, a nonprofit focused on reducing public sector barriers to prosperity. He has two decades of public policy and political experience working in and out of the state legislature, the Department of Finance, educational nonprofits and as a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2022.
twitter