Miller YMCA Youth & Government Delegation Makes Lunches for the Homeless
Newbury Park, Calif.—Thirty members from the Miller YMCA Youth & Government delegation made over 300 lunches that were then delivered to East Rancho Dominguez Community Center in Compton to help feed the homeless. This is the fifth year that the YMCA delegation, comprised of Newbury Park high school students, have volunteered to make lunches. The […]
Reno’s homeless tent shelter the latest piece of a failed approach
By Paul White During her 2018 State of the City Address, Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said she was “incredibly proud” of how Reno’s homeless issues were being handled. Investing just eight hours of your time proves the ridiculousness of that statement. That was the length of my 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. volunteer shift […]
Number of Homeless Veterans Drops Under Trump , Continuing Trend from Obama Adminstration
Amber Athey, Media and Breaking News Editor The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is reporting a decrease in homeless veterans across the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, continuing a trend from the Obama administration. HUD released numbers Thursday that showed the number of homeless veterans decreased from 40,020 in January 2017 to 37,878 in […]
Ventura County Firefighters Injured by Vagrants’ Traps
By Lori Denman Firefighters in Ventura County have left their careers due to injuries caused by traps set by a subset of homeless vagrants, explained Oxnard Fire Chief Darwin Base to Citizens Journal this month. Who would want to hurt the citizens of Ventura County, including police and firefighters by setting intentional fires and traps? Homeless […]
SF Mayor Says Her City Is Drowning In Poop: ‘There’s more Feces…Than I’e Ever Seen’
Andrew Kerr | Investigative Reporter San Francisco Mayor London Breed said the streets of her city are flooded with the excrement of the homeless in an interview Friday. Breed, a Democrat who was inaugurated as the San Francisco’s mayor Wednesday, urged homeless advocacy groups that receive money from the city to teach homeless people to “clean up […]
Someone Took Out A Full-Page Ad In SF Newspaper To Warn Residents To ‘WATCH YOUR BACKS’ For Homeless People
Eric Lieberman | Tech and Law Reporter Someone in San Francisco purchased a full-page ad Friday telling city residents to “Watch your backs — nobody else is.” “As if stepping over used syringes and filth in Maiden Lane wasn’t bad enough,” reads the next part, which is paid for by the Fed Up Populace Campaign. […]
California sees larger increase in homelessness than any other state since 2016
. By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views Jerry Brown crows about a $9 billion budget surplus, a $16 billion rainy day fund—but still approves a $60 million increased tax on cell phones. We have the highest poverty rate in the nation—and with 12 million people, the highest number of people living in poverty […]
San Francisco Loses Medical Convention Over Unsafe, Squalid Streets
By Adelle Nazarian A major medical association has backed out of holding its annual 15,000-attendee convention in San Francisco after a 20-pound bag of feces was dumped on a sidewalk in the city last week. The unnamed, Chicago-based medical association’s decision to hold the convention elsewhere leaves San Francisco with a $40 million loss and the […]
One Stop Shop for Homeless Assistance
By Lori Denman-Underhill The homeless in Ventura County seek a multitude of needs and are finding them in a centralized location – One Stop Outreach. The outreach facility was created by the Healthcare for the Homeless Program, which was established in 2002. The program started off with two locations in Ventura and Oxnard and has […]
Ventura | Budget and Year-Round Homeless Shelter Move Forward
By Lori Denman-Underhill The Ventura City Council meeting on June 18 was lengthy, which included the passing of the Fiscal Year 2018 to 2019 budget and also allocated funds to create a year-round shelter. At this meeting, there were no announcements or special presentations. Councilmember Mike Tracy was absent and there was one reportable item this […]
