The Drama Drop Show

I am a social worker and not a therapist ; but some people never understand that. Apparently those same people have a strick office trip schedule: I call them Kamikaze Fridays and they are not good times to visit me at work. Kamikaze Fridays often result in 5150 (Psychiatric) visits from the local police, or […]

Fighting budget cuts to the poor

From the newspapers: Another demonstrator, David Mathland, said he was there to urge the governor not to cut the CalWORKS program which will benefit about 40,000 people in Los Angeles County. Statewide, there could be 120,000 people. He said there are many other ways to balance the budget, but to cut service is not a […]

Tent City in the LA Area

Ontario Tent City is covered by the BBC press – even the rest of ther world knows tha California’s homeless population is growing , but there are few answers to address the situation. Sacramento has a large Tent City and of course, there is Skid Row Los Angeles. More folks are homeless, more houses sit […]

Homeless help in the Federal budget!

as quoted from the AP AP) In coming months, the Housing and Urban Development Department will oversee at least a tenfold increase in spending on programs designed to prevent homelessness, officials said Thursday. Tucked within the economic stimulus bill recently signed by President Barack Obama was $1.5 billion to help families pay rent, make security […]