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HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series: The Person-Centered CoC – August 8, 2024
2024 HUD Innovations in Ending Homelessness Roundtable Series: The Person-Centered CoC – August 8, 2024 – 1:00 PM EDT This series is a continuation of the Rapid Rehousing (RRH) Roundtable Discussion Series, which included […]
At Home with the Homeless: Shelter Woes, Part II: Electric Boogaloo
Ending the cycle of homelessness will require a multidisciplinary effort from government, religious, and mental health organizations. But part of the problem may be that some of these organizations have spread themselves […]
Exposing Corruption and Systematic Crimes Against Homeless People at Placentia City Council Meeting
Prison is Not Designed to Solve Homelessness Far from being junkies and mentally ill “transients,” the media loves to portray homeless people as they are finally and collectively taking power into their own hands […]
State Audit of the California’s homelessness funding
Read the full report here: https://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2023-102.1/index.html SUMMARY The Joint Legislative Audit Committee requested an audit of the State’s homelessness funding, including an evaluation of the efforts undertaken by the State and two […]
AT HOME WITH THE HOMELESS: Is homelessness considered a sin or a crime?
The Bible, as usual, gives a mixed answer to the former. On the one hand, there are repeated entreaties to aid the stranger: feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and house the […]
Follow the Money: Allocations for Homelessness part 1
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva has made addressing housing and homelessness a top priority during her tenure in the Assembly. As a result, she has included programs in her budget requests aimed at supporting […]
AT HOME WITH THE HOMELESS: Remembering Kelly Thomas part 1
You can’t discuss homelessness without having a concurrent discussion about how we as a society treat the mentally ill. And you can’t have a conversation about the homeless and mentally ill in […]
Home(less) for the Holidays
First and foremost, this columnist’s honest hopes are that you had a Merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or whatever spiritually-oriented holiday you just finished celebrating. While playing a favorite Christmas mixtape, these lyrics […]
City Council December 20 Meeting: Public Comments
The majority of the public comments were from concerned parents of Nicolas Junior High students requesting the City Council to implement item 6 on the agenda “Crossing guard at Olive and Citrus […]
