Why Do You See So Many Homeless People in Los Angeles?

The weather. It doesn’t snow, freeze, or bake here so if you need to live outside: you can survive it.

Being a Bad Person Makes Me a Great Social Worker

I’m no @abales … but I use my skills to get the job done

Let’s Pretend

Assume this is the first phone call of my day… She is homeless … sheltered with her abusive husband .. about to lose shelter … and just found out she is 20 weeks pregnant … has no supportive friends or family or anyone in her corner so she calls a government worker for advice. So. […]

FAQ about Skid Row Los Angeles

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Aftershock #fb

Kamakazi Friday hangover. Today I spoke with a new mom. No, she wasn’t a new mom. She had a healthy pregnancy and told the delivery nurse that she needed a doctor. Being a nurse herself, she knew what she was talking about. But the nurse refused for two hours and the baby drowned in her […]

It is too cold for me to think about the homeless

No, I really did hear someone say that to me today. Why? Because when it is cold we are all cold. It was 30 degrees this morning and walking out of my heated car was a misery. I am storing extra socks in my purse like a squirrel with nuts . I understand that thinking […]

This blog is almost 7 years old

It started in a Las Vegas hotel room, the day after my 34th birthday. I was with Leslie, Bonnie, and Isabel and discussing my job in the “dodgie” part of town aka LA’s skid Row. I had made friends with a wonderful man, Mike, who had a blog and worked for Microsoft. He encouraged me […]

Homelessness sounds like a made up word

and I wish it were. I wish I did not have to drive by 4 homeless men on my way to work, just so I can speak to 20 homeless parents each day. If I could just “make up” anything, it would be shelters for these families and a list of open jobs (dead end […]

Homeless Case Manager or Jerk…

#fb I needed to be less of a butt-head and learn to case manager