The City of Santa Cruz uses the policing model presented by right-wing think tanks which concocted the "Broken Windows Theory" as method to use police to prevent blight. The first panhandler is effectively the "first broken window" which if allowed to exist willonly bring more of "his kind". and the xenophobia proliferates. Ironically, Islam, Christianity, and Judaism all teach caring for the poor, but these religious values are abandoned as a human being is redefined as blight. Check out Police Chief Steve Belchers annual report to the City. He explains how useful the "Broken Windows Theory" is to successful police work in santa Cruz.