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Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America
We overlook many things when looking at homelessness, sometimes I feel that the point and the focus is completely disregared by city councils and bussiness groups like San Diego's Downtown Partnership. But no area is more heart-wrenching than the affects homlessness has on those with children, or the children themselves.
This is one book I found recently which approaches this subject head on, and the writer doesn't over look much.
That the focus of the author's investegation are on "Small-Town America" was interesting to me. Being a city-guy, I don't think about small-town America much (hey, seriously, I've got a few other things on my mind), but I was surprised at the writer's findings. Shocked, might be too strong of a word, after all, people are people where ever you go.
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How Long would You be Homeless - San Diego |
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San Diego -- Mar 1, 2010
Susan Madden Lankford brought together a Seminar on Solving the Homeless Problem involving some of the leading minds on the Homeless issues of San Diego today, which had a good turn-out.
After listening to a couple of hours of descriptions, goals and statistics from the speakers (which has given me several articles of material for eddiecat.org), I asked two of the speakers, Scott Silverman of Second Chance, and Brian Maienschein of Home Again:
If you were dropped into downtown San Diego, with two sets of clothes, a backpack, and $25.00, with the current resources San Diego has to offer, how long would it take for you to get back into a home (stable living situation).
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Say No to Cunning Plans and Crap Laws |
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Once you start looking into the laws passed by City Councils all over the United States, which are illegal and/or unconstitutional, it boggles the mind.
You might run across one of these laws in a news story, and then you do a search on Google (because you get curious), discovering that these laws are all over the place -- and most of them are targeted at the homeless.
Wait, there is more! If your curiosity reaches the next level, and you dig just a bit further, you will find that most of these illegal/unconstitutional laws which are currently in the news, are not the first editions of these laws. You find laws like the new Las Vegas law, which states that you can't sleep within 500 feet of feces or urine.
Now, what is that law all about?
Well, Las Vegas just lost in court (again) over the illegal lodging law they had. So, these imaginative law makers decided that instead of admitting that Homelessness is not illegal (as the high courts have told City Councils all over the US, time-and-time-again), they would come up with a cunning plan to make Homelessness illegal, and this Sleeping near Crap law is their latest cunning plan.
Yes, if you are thinking to yourself: This is a huge waste of my tax dollars,
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San Diego - Homeless Court |
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The Homeless Court Program in San Diego
Participates in the Homeless Court program, which helps homeless veterans and nonveterans resolve misdemeanor cases (no felonies or parking tickets). Attorneys can also provide general legal information about issues the Homeless Court cannot resolve.
Defendants meet with their defense attorney 1 week before the court hearing. The special court session is held once a month. In San Diego, court is held on an alternating basis either at Vietnam Veterans of San Diego or St Vincent de Paul Village; and the court hears only misdemeanor cases incurred in the City of San Diego.
In North County, court is held on an alternating basis at either the Brother Benno Foundation or Vietnam Veterans of San Diego New Resolve.
Participants must be able to show the court evidence of their progress and activities to overcome homelessness. Judges give court sentences for program activities in which defendants are already involved.
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Passing the Buck - Homeless in San Diego |
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 The Museum of San Diego History, for its NOW! program starting Feb 25th is showing the Passing the Buck: Homeless in San Diego exhibit.
"Although there is great concern for assisting the homeless, where to house them in San Diego is a political hot button."
Time for the show is 6:00pm - 7:30pm Admission is Free, and promises to be an informative look at what is really being done for the homeless in San Diego. |
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