By BENJAMIN ORESKES STAFF WRITER JULY 10, 2019 5 AM With dirt, they can weigh hundreds of pounds. The makeshift planter boxes are Peter Mozgo’s creations — roughly 140 of them lined up on the sidewalk to prevent homeless people from pitching tents outside his business. Mozgo acquires the boxes from a Bell Gardens company that imports ginger, paints them firetruck red, pays $120 per cubic yard for dirt and then uses a $900 trailer to haul it all back to his neighborhood on…..
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Sunday that a group of four minority congresswomen feuding with Speaker Nancy Pelosi should “go back” to the countries they came from rather than “loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States” how to run the government. Wrapped inside that insult, which was widely established as a racist trope, was a factually inaccurate claim: Only one of the lawmakers was born outside the country. Even though Mr. Trump has repeatedly refused to…..
People see ghosts at The Settlement. So some folks claim. This homeless shelter is downtown, close to the Bay and the chilly ocean. Some nights the fog is so thick, it coats the City with dew. The Marine layer of clouds rolls in and turns on the foghorns. Street lamps fade to dabs of light. Skyscrapers shake out their pelts. On these chill obscure nights, right from the fountain that Doc Manny donated to the mission, shadows come to drink……
WHAT THE FRICK!Rhoda Bart lectures on dead Indians. At a homeless shelter. You gotta e kidding. Who cares ‘bout Doctor-Professor John Peabody Harrington and so-called salvage anthropology for extinct tribes. Saving lost cultures and such B.S. Big Whoop, who cares. -Signed Davy Crockett John Peabody Harrington was an anthropologist who might have lived right here at the shelter when the place was a hotel. Show some respect for Professor Bart’s lecture. -Signed Jenny Q. Listen Jenny Q, find yourself a…..
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As the face of homelessness changes, politicians cling to limited policy ideas and quick fixes. By Michael Hobbes 05/19/2019 08:00 am ET SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The lunch rush at St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall is a snapshot of the changing character of American homelessness. The first thing that strikes you is the sheer number of people the soup kitchen serves. The line outside starts forming two hours before the food is ready. Diners file in, eat quickly…..
Massive homelessness is becoming an even worse problem in the state of California. Furthermore, the reports of moving homeless people from various cities in the state to Los Angeles, or “dumping” isn’t helping matters either. This issue is facing nationwide attention as the numbers of Californians living in the streets continue to skyrocket. Reviewing the Crisis in California Drugs, homeless camps, tents, needles, and people wrapped up in blankets on the side of the road are common sights to see in the…..
Steve Gorman – LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles County’s homeless population has swelled by 12% during the past year as a shortage of affordable housing deepens in and around America’s second-largest city, pushing more people into poverty, a study released on Tuesday found. A homeless person sleeps on the sidewalk in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake Homelessness in the city of Los Angeles proper, meanwhile, jumped by 16 percent, according…..
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