Homeless Memorial Day

It is 1am on the longest night of the year as I sit staring at the Moon from my window . Outside the citizens of the street are sleeping, huddled into tents and sleeping bags, cowering in stoops and trying to survive the dark. Between now and next Thanksgiving, over a thousand of them will […]

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Dear Robert Marbut

Homeless sucks. It is dirty, gross, disease festering and ugly. Nobody likes it. Do you understand that? The homeless and the housed in California want this misery to end. And, by the way, we are trying… But here is the thing, it is important that folks stay alive while we work to fix it. People […]

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Drive By Social Work

I got a call yesterday from a hospital about a man living at a nearby gas station. He is holding the free application for a new Driver’s liscence. With a current ID he can access and cash almost a year of Social Security payments. I invited him to come back to my office and enroll […]

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