I agree with you the ROI on a half billion spent on the cops does not seem "great" in our fair city. But we're locked in with the contract we have at the moment.
On the homeless bullshit, you fell for the trick the pencil fuckers wanted you to. That's 10 mil only for the "strategy office." There's $80 million in homeless spending buried in social service contracts (source: 25-26 budget online, pg 379). And the level of grift and waste flowing through that contract "process" is no doubt mind boggling.
In the 25-26 budget, homeless spending is over 50% of the amount allocated to parks and rec spending. That gives you a sense of the scale.
The social services contract spending in particular has ballooned tremendously. In 2014-15 budget, it was about $7 million. Now it's 80 million. Does it seem like the problem is getting any better? Blindly paying out money to non-profits and NGOs with no real accountability doesn't solve anything. It's just wasteful.