Finland: "Housing First" is a Success (tags)
Those who don't have a place to live get one. Unconditionally. That, in a nutshell, is the Housing First approach. Since 2008, this approach has been Finland's official strategy against homelessness - and a success. The number of homeless people fell in 2020 for the eighth year in a row.
Mitchell Englander going after homeless people (tags)
Mitchell Englander going after homeless people
Tempe Runs Homeless People Out of Town (tags)
Tempe Runs Homeless People Out of Town
What’s Up With the Beach Curfew? (tags)
Recent rumblings about the illegal Venice Beach and Ocean Front Walk closure.
Emergency Services: Enabling Life for Homeless People (tags)
All this talk from politicians (and the non-profit shills that rely on city funding) about how we are enabling people to remain homeless - should be shut down. It is enabling people to stay alive!
Venice Beach Holocaust Denier runs for Venice Neighborhood Council (tags)
Homeless bashers maneuvering for position to further their anti-humanitarian agenda.
Thumbs Up to the VNC for Giving the Thumbs Down to a Motion Criminalizing Homeless (tags)
The community showed up to say NO to Unconstitutionally Criminalizing Venice Homeless!
Rosendahl’s Legacy: Gentrification and Sweeping the Homeless Out of Venice? (tags)
Allegedly Progressive and openly Gay Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl may go down in history as the most divisive leader Venice has ever had by continuously organizing with and siding with people who hate the poor and homeless people of Venice.
Venice Homeless Sweep Stopped: A Good Day in Venice for Street People (tags)
Occupy Venice, Venice Locals, Lawyers with the National Lawyers Guild, and a group called Venice Community Unity all came together on 3rd Ave in Venice to stop a homeless sweep from happening on March 29. It was a good day.
More War Against Venice Street People (tags)
The City of Los Angeles rolled out new Venice Boardwalk Ordinance (LAMC 42.15) and initiated concentrated effort to remove homeless people from Venice.
Veterans for Peace Solicit Donations for Homeless on 9/11 Anniversary (tags)
Members of the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice and the San Diego Veterans for Peace (SDVFP) staged an alternative commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Balboa Park, at which SDVFP solicited donations for their "Compassion Campaign." This involves asking people to donate $35 to buy a sleeping bag, poncho and carrying bag for a homeless person. They've already helped out 700 people, many of them veterans, and need your help to do more.
Who's Watching The Neighborhood Watch? (tags)
Out of control and ex-con Venice Neighborhood Watch Members Promote Fear and Hate
Target:Homeles-South Coast Homeless Advisory Committee Advocate Reports (tags)
Target:Homeles-South Coast Homeless Advisory Committee Advocate Reports The City of Santa Barbara is poised to push homeless out with illegal legislation which violates the US Constitution. Here is the report they never released to the public - or even discussed!!! Because frankly, they don't give a damn.
Tempe continues it war on homeless people (tags)
Tempe Arizona continues it war on homeless people. In this case Tempe has declared war on homeless old farts.
Bill Rosendahl Helps Homeless Haters Win in Venice (tags)
Councilman Bill Rosendahl, the LAPD, the City Attorney's Office, the Department of Transportation, and LASHA hosted a town hall of hate for homeless people in Venice. Mainstream media is nothing more than a bunch of paparazzi.
LA Times Misses Mark - By a Mile - About RVs in Venice (tags)
Once again the LA Times misses the mark - big time - regarding the Venice RV situation
Tents-in-Parks Ruling was Necessary (tags)
Maybe justice can trickle down from Victoria and we can reset economic life to benefit people and not speculators and financiers!
In Response to Global Crises Ontario Tent City Homeless March Out to Route 66 (tags)
In Response to Global Crises, And Lack of Legal Shelter, Ontario Homeless March on Steinbeck's Route 66--To Plead That Housing, Food, Clothing and an End to All Homeless Criminalization Be Made A Basic, National, Civil Right
New Santa Monica Law Would Make it Illegal for Homeless To Speak in City Downtown (tags)
City Seeks Vague Anti-Homeless Law as Pretext to Drive Homeless from its Downtown
Punish drug dealers instead of Homeless people (tags)
Los Angeles City Council should outlaw drug dealing inside L.A. city limits instead of outlawing homelessness.
Noe v. City of Los Angeles: A Victory for Venice Homeless (tags)
Class Action Lawsuit settlement helps Venice homeless.
Homeless People Win --Jury Says “Not Guilty” at Trial: Activist Seeks Community Response (tags)
Homeless People Win --Jury Decides “Not Guilty” in Skid Row Activist's Criminal Trial. States the Homeless Activist "I haven't decided what I will do next; and I am interested in what suggestions people have. ”
Skid Row Activist on Trial --Anti-Brutality Rally Update (tags)
Downtown L.A. Hotel Attempts to Ban Homeless People from It's Public Areas --Saturday demonstrations against police brutality on Skid Row in front of LAPD Central Division headquarters continue weekly:
Skid Row Activist on Trial --Anti-Brutality Protest this Saturday (tags)
Downtown L.A. Hotel Attempts to Ban Homeless People from It's Public Areas --Meanwhile, this Saturday will see continuing demonstrations against police brutality on Skid Row in front of LAPD Central Division Headquartes:
Villaraigosa Shouted Down at Black History Event By L.A.'s Rising Homeless Protesters (tags)
LA CAN protest rocks "Black History Month" ceremony; in front of pop star Stevie Wonder, L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa drowned out by angry homeless advocates protesting racist police attacks against homeless blacks downtown.
Activists Call for Downtown Base Camp to End Sweeps at Saturday Rally on Skid Row (tags)
Homeless activists are calling for people to attend the next next rally, this Saturday, and to pack tomorrow, Tuesday’s 9:30 a.m. Police Commission hearing at Parker Center...as well as every Council meeting this week...and to demand an immediate halt to the homeless sweeps --and now, also, the city's Grand Avenue Project --no matter what it takes...
Rally to End Skid Row Sweeps NOW! (tags)
Starting Jan. 20th, Rally On Skid Row Weekly Saturday Rallies to Demand an End to the Skid Row Sweeps
Federal judge rejects Las Vegas ban on feeding homeless in parks (tags)
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jones issued an injunction prohibiting enforcement of a City Council ordinance passed in July that prohibits "providing food or meals to the indigent for free or for a nominal fee" in a city park and defines indigent as a person whom a reasonable ordinary person would believe to be entitled to public assistance
Homeless Denounce Delgadillo at Press Confrence; Expose LAPD’s "Broken Windows" (tags)
Homeless Activists in LA dive bomb City Attorney's Press Conference exposing LAPD "Broken Windows" mass arrests. Group demands meeting with Mayor Villariagosa.
Homeless Activists Denounce Delgadillo at Press Confrence; expose LAPD’s "Broken Wind (tags)
Homeless Activists in LA dive bomb City Attorney's Press Conference exposing LAPD "Broken Windows" mass arrests. Group demands meeting with Mayor Villariagosa. (video, 3 minutes)
Vegas outlaws feeding the homeless (tags)
Las Vegas has made it illegal to feed homeless people in city parks after residents complained about the large numbers gathering in the public facilities.
Las Vegas makes it illegal to feed homeless people!!!! (tags)
homeless people in osaka face the oppression by osaka city government. (tags)
saluton from osaka. recently, homeless people in osaka face the oppression by osaka city government. most of city officers illegally have gotten big wages from public-money for many years.
Hate Crimes/Illegal Discrimination Against Homeless at Long Beach "Public" Libra (tags)
Homeless banned from library on flimsy excuses, assaulted by cops if they don't comply. Employees instructed to fawn on business executives.
Santa Monica Starts Massive New Push for Anti-Homeless Laws (tags)
With election of "Bobby Shriver" --brother of Maria Shriver, and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife --Homeless People in Santa Monica are Facing What May be the Single Biggest Push in the Nation to Pass a Massive Wave of New Anti-Homeless Laws.
HUD To Force Injected Spychips On Homeless (tags)
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that it was about to begin testing a new technology designed to help more closely monitor and assist the nation's homeless population.Under the pilot program, which grew out of a series of policy academies held in the last two years, homeless people in participating cities will be implanted with mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that social workers and police can use track their movements.
HOMELESS ATTACKED IN FRESNO (tags)
This is the story of how and why homeless encampments were removed in Fresno California.
Santa Ana Catholic Worker trying to be SHUT DOWN! (tags)
Happy Thanksgiving! We should see what we can do to support them and not let the Catholic Worker get shut down! -Sabrina-
In the midst of Miami's FTAA chaos we fed the homeless and guerrilla stickered the city (tags)
Despite all the bad images and problems of the FTAA protest there was some very positive things that also happened. There were many people that took time to commit acts of social responsibility and acts of kindness.
Are all the regulars here now working? (tags)
It must be demoralizing to know that the job will either go to you or to a piece of tape.
Santa Monica cracks down on the homeless (tags)
One million job cuts this year, millions permanently unemployed (what the 'official unemployment rate' really means, decade after decade), and welfare now slashed and limited...Nothing like finding a solution to those pressing social problems...
Join Tonight's Protest in Santa Monica Against Ban on Homeless Feeding Programs (tags)
On September 24, 2002, at 5:30 p.m., Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main Street, join with civil rights and human rights organizations in protesting a proposed ordinance to make criminals out of private citizens who feed the hungry in Santa Monica.
HOMELESS PEOPLE RECLAIM THEIR POWER ONLINE (tags)
The Homeless People's Network was the big news when the North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) met in Edmonton this past summer. By unanimous vote, HPN - a discussion list exclusively for homeless and formerly homeless people - became the first online member to join the ranks of the scrappy, ink-stained papers that make up the association.