Originally Posted by
britenbsas
As I said before...What exactly do you want the police to do to solve this problem?
Tell them they can't beg or solicit. Arrest them if they persist.
It worked in NYC, which had many of the same issues in the '70s. There's been a ton of stuff written about how NYC made itself more livable, and much of that stuff started by getting rid of the petty annoyances and crime.