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 […]
Read More Dear Robert MarbutHomeless persons memorial day is the first day of winter. Over a thousand people died homeless on the streets of Los Angeles each year. As we watch her Facebook feed and see the famous actors and singers were passing, and we mourn their loss, please take a moment to memorialize the people we saw but […]
Read More Homeless Person’s Memorial DayWe are crying out and pleading for an early opening of LAHSA.org Winter Shelters and more! This will be a bone chilling & deadly storm if we do not open warming stations overnight and during the day. @MayorOfLA @LAHSA @GavinNewsom @LACountyCEO @MRTempower @LASheriff_AlexV #shelter #rescue #losangeles Also, try to see the medical costs of […]
Read More Winter Shelter: NOWIt is almost Thanksgiving, a holiday built around family togetherness. but there are many families who will be in complete this year. One in particular, is on my heart. I have spent the last week and a half on the phone with a mom and dad whose adult daughter is homeless in Tarzana and currently […]
Read More Desperately Seeking a DaughterToday I had a new staff member join my team. It will be their job to work inside of a hospital emergency room and talk to clients who come in who are homeless, specifically those who are homeless with mental health or substance use issues. While the same person has worked gently with Medical systems […]
Read More New Eyes, Welcome to HellThis was posted on a Facebook group today. Before you read I suggest that you go get some popcorn and then a chair with a seatbelt because I don’t want you to fall to the floor with disbelief or laughter. the homeless situation. Anonymous post I speak from experience and can back up everything that […]
Read More Conspiracy by Carol WI was so pleased that Fenton Charter Schools asked if students were homeless . I’m so used to telling parents what their rights are that I’m kinda blown away that a school reached out to find out and educate.
Read More Student HomelessnessLast year Darla went to the #SheDoes protest on Los Angeles’ City Hall Steps. She said it was scary and it must be sad to have no money when the bank buildings are your night light. I told her about my trip to @URM and meeting LaTonya and Sheila. This was her reaction. Right now […]
Read More The Union Rescue Mission LivesThe hardest part of advocating for people who have severe, immediate, life threatening needs is saying, “I know what you need, but I can’t offer that today.” As advocates we see people who have lost connections to their family, have a “street family” but no real friendships with housed individuals, and our street top sleeping neighbors […]
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