Los Angeles has prohibited homeless people from keeping more property than what will fit in one garbage bin.

I suppose that is to facilitate putting their property in the trash, which thugs do from time to time as a harassment measure.

If the city wants to do reduce how much they keep on the street, it should offer each homeless person a substantial shed. That would not cost much — the building codes for sheds are not very strict — and it would keep their property off the street without screwing them.

Of course, what the city should really do is provide them with decent places to live.