As noted during the meeting, which I watched online, there is a great deal of ignorance in the community about this, although they put it much more delicately. Many housed people do not understand what the "rest stops" are, and confuse them with the illegal camps. It was pointed out that more legal rest stops mean less illegal camping. The deal is, you can have one or the other. The homeless are not going to disappear. 

Low wages and high rents, along with a shortage of affordable housing, are pushing people out into the streets. All working-class people are vulnerable, and more middle-class people are than realize it. I've read in the last year that most middle-class people are saving very little, and rely on credit cards to get them through emergencies. You can only do that for so long. If you have no income you can't make the payments.