Homeless situation....

Also, the homeless do not generally go around assaulting regular folks. Most assaults are among themselves and they are more likely to be a victim of a violent crime from a regular citizen than a perpetrator.

I live in San Diego. We have a very large homeless population. My neighborhood is very popular for them due to its proximity to Balboa Park. I run through the city streets and through Balboa park in the day, night, morning, etc. and have never had any issues with any of them saying anything to me, approaching me or anything even close. Not even the schizophrenic ones shouting and cursing in the wind at imaginary beings. In fact, two of them invited me to smoke weed with them one morning in an alley parking lot on my way to an early morning yoga class.