I lived there back in '02 and not much has changed. The supervisors get themselves elected using argumentum ad passiones on the bleeding hearts and when they get into office they do nothing. Sure they raise taxes to build shelters, drug treatments and pass laws against loitering, panhandling, etc. Decent stuff but what about jobs maybe?
If the mayor and supervisors weren't so high tax anti-business maybe they could eliminate the problem.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.