California dreaming and the nightmare you awaken to

Buy an affordable home.  The former druggie gets released early stops by because it was a pre-incarceration hangout.  Tries to kick in the front door. Comes back the next day slashed the car tire.  The terrified children and parents. The lawmakers cocooned in the lofty ideals that haven't shown progress in 50 years. Sigh in their sun drenched gardens with finely manicured imported topiary.  The parents in another affordable home take their toddler outside at the same time the neighbor decided to smoke marijuana on a doorstep.  The family notes the time and calculates the possible pot intervals to be every 2 to 4 hours throughout the day.  The other family has to purchase a new tire, have it mounted, balanced, and pay the disposal fee. The former inmate stands in line to get an EBT card.  Makes a beeline to the park to blend in with the politician darlings The Homeless.