What I Know About the Negro People

I’ve a degree in Sociology and Internet access.@AaronBlakeWP @Koch_Industries @AFPhq @teapartyexpress #teaparty

Are Homeless People Citizens ? Will the Sheriff’s Department Care About the Answer?

#voteLASheriff @OlmstedInstead @tanakalasheriff @vinceforsheriff @BurbankPD

If I Had a Magic Wand

The hard part of working with homeless families came at 4 :50 today. My computer still warm, keys freshly pulled from cabinet locks , I was mentally out the door when my name blurted from the overhead speakers. A woman and her 2 small children Had walked into the lobby with their world in a […]

The Wage Gap and Gender

@kmcdonovgh breaks down the wage gap and poverty

Hungry and Frustrated , Hey Los Angeles County: what gives?

my ordeal @CountyofLA, @DonKnabe, @DPSSNews, @mridleythomas, @ZevYaroslavsky, ‏@SouthwesternLaw, @california, @mendpoverty

Follow Up In Person

Don’t be lazy , because other people will match your effort. You can not manage your life with phone calls. Show up. It is so easy to pass the buck and blame someone else if you only make calls. No matter what you need , a sweater ordered from another store location , a donation […]

Tell Me Why You Are Great.

If we are friends : I can answer this for you. But, do you know your own strengths and weaknesses? This challenge is a combination of my case management technique and a reaction to internet memes asking me to name any accomplishment made by ——(fill in the blank , usually Hillary Clinton)—– in the last […]

The Great Shakeout

Happens each October 17th at 10:17 a.m.. I am never available for climbing under this desk and getting staples in my knees and gum in my hair – unless it is the real deal. And seriously…given how much the office shakes when even skinny people tip toe around ; an actual Earthquake here will kill […]

SCAM * EBT Card Smart Phone App

@DPSSNews, @DPSS_CalFresh alert – there is no SMART Phone or Web Application to check balances. Guard your info

Poverty rates in California

1 in 5:Ratio of California’s children living in poverty. 6.1 million: Total number of people living at or below the poverty line, as measured by the Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measures. 45%:The percentage of poor adults who grew up in poverty. 38.1%:The share of black children under the age of 6 living poverty. 22%:Rates of […]