A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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Police Are Sending Homeless People To Places They Are Clearing Because There Is Nowhere Else To Send Them
This is how fucked up homelessness has become. They close services and then send people to those services because there is no other place to send them. Police OFTEN sent homeless people to our…
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Fire At Homeless Camp During Inauguration Rehearsal
It’s like a cry for help (that was completely ignored). Capitol lockdown lifted: Inauguration rehearsal participants briefly evacuated after fire in homeless camp | NewsNation Now The U.S. Capitol complex temporarily locked down Monday…
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“Only” $200,000 Per Bed to house homeless people in this one test project.
L.A. project shows homeless housing can be done quickly, cheaply – Los Angeles Times From start to finish in under five months and at a cost of about $200,000 per bed, it has shaved…
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Small managed homeless encampments are part of the answer
Guest Commentary | Small managed homeless encampments are part of the answer – Santa Cruz Sentinel We believe that small, managed encampments that have sanitary facilities, some measure of self-governance, security and on-site access…
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Akron had more killings than ever in 2020
According to a Beacon Journal analysis of Akron police data, there were 843 gun-related crimes in the city in 2020, up from 473 in 2019. The neighborhoods hardest hit by the increases were East…
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A bodybuilding pastor: Homeless advocate Scott Wagers is unapologetic about his calling – San José Spotlight
A bodybuilding pastor: Homeless advocate Scott Wagers is unapologetic about his calling – San José Spotlight In 1997, in the middle of a cold El Niño winter, Wagers opened an informal homeless shelter at…
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Needles Clog Bathroom In San Jose
Bullshit! Needles don’t clog toilets. using t-shirts for feminine products does. San Jose cuts water in park with large homeless population, blames needles – San José Spotlight But the water was turned off on…
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Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman describes why he immersed himself in the homeless community
It’s unfortunate that the mayor’s conclusion ended so simplistically and unnuanced. “Those hippies just want to do drugs” does very little to think rationally about the situation. It also is extremely condescending to people…
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Lansing Michigan Throws Away Homeless People’s Belongings
Garbage trucks arrive at Back 40 homeless camp day after death LANSING — City-funded garbage trucks arrived a homeless encampment Thursday morning, carting away several tents, sleeping bags and trash as residents broke down in tears.…
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Aurora Colorado Mayor Goes Undercover As a Homeless Man
I don’t know a lot of details about this situation. But apparently the mayor’s conclusion after doing this is that staying at a camp is a lifestyle choice versus going to a shelter. I…
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Homeless Hate Is Real
Vandal damages Portland tiny home village designed for homeless – KTVZ PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County officials and police say the opening of a tiny home village for homeless people in North Portland…
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St Paul Homeless Camp Sweeps are Illegal Evictions
The way we shut down camps is absolutely illegal and cruel and inhumane. It must end NOW. As St. Paul homeless camps cleared, tough questions emerge | Duluth News Tribune “How the (expletive) are…