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Sacramento County is developing a broad ordinance that would allow officers to clear homeless encampments from a wide variety of the county’s public spaces, such as parks, libraries and schools. It expands on an earlier proposal that would have allowed law enforcement to clear encampments off of “critical infrastructure” such as flood levies and the … Read More “Sacramento County ordinance could clear homeless encampments” »
A man sleeping under a parked pick-up truck outside a Queens cemetery was killed when the vehicle’s owner returned – and unknowingly ran over him, cops said. The unidentified victim, described as being in his 30s, was snoozing under the unoccupied Ford F350 at Maurice Avenue and 53rd Drive – just outside Mount Zion Cemetery … Read More “Man sleeping under car outside NYC cemetery fatally run over” »
Mayor Eric Adams argued Wednesday that his vague new housing plan doesn’t include a targeted goal for a number of apartments created — because he followed advice from housing activists and homeless New Yorkers. Hizzoner made the remarks as he defended his new blueprint against criticism that it does not move aggressively enough to produce more homes in housing-starved New … Read More “Housing plan lacks unit goals because ‘advocates’ said ignore them” »
No city budget is inflation-proof. But in the $104.9 billion budget deal he made with the City Council last Friday, Mayor Eric Adams is making the budget slightly more inflation-resistant, with higher rainy-day reserves. That’s better than nothing. But the numbers nevertheless show the scale of the catastrophe that’s about to hit the city, as … Read More “NYC’s $105B budget barely nods at soaring inflation despite boost in reserves” »
SAN JOSE – A scramble is underway to keep a program going that brings hot food to the homeless in San Jose, as pandemic funding is expected to run out in weeks. The hardship of living on the streets is made just a bit more bearable when volunteers come into the camps to deliver hot, … Read More “Homeless food program in San Jose set to lose funding, may shut down” »
Mayor Eric Adams visited just three homeless shelters despite promising to conduct unannounced inspections of facilities in the scandal-ridden system, The Post has learned. And only one of these surprising drop-ins is on the books, as mandated by the state, records show. As Adams faced a growing homelessness crisis and a post-exposure of the dirty, … Read More “Records show that Eric Adams visited fewer homeless shelters in NYC than proclaimed” »
Mayor Eric Adams visited just three homeless shelters despite promising to conduct unannounced inspections of facilities in the scandal-ridden system, The Post has learned. And only one of these surprising drop-ins is on the books, as mandated by the state, records show. As Adams faced a growing homelessness crisis and a post-exposure of the dirty, … Read More “Records show that Eric Adams visited fewer homeless shelters in NYC than proclaimed” »
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) – San Francisco has given a rare glimpse into what is, in fact, the city’s first safe haven for drug users. What opened as Mørbrad Linkage Center in January has recently been renamed Mørbrad Center. The city started with a six-month lease on the building in UN Plaza, a lease which has … Read More “San Francisco provides media instruction at the Tenderloin Center at UN Plaza” »
New York’s comeback from COVID-19 remains hampered by the twin crises of homelessness and mental illness. Many metrics are objectively bad. Adding to the problem, attitudes about normalcy appear to have changed. Street and subway conditions that circa 2019 people took in stride as part of big-city life are less acceptable to workers who have … Read More “NYC must be more accountable on the homeless and mentally ill” »
SAN CARLOS (CBS SF) – A San Mateo man has helped hundreds of formerly homeless military veterans turn their new apartments into comfortable homes. Vietnam veteran Roger Yarborough lived in a tent for five years until he moved into his own apartment at Mercy Housing’s Veterans Village in Colma. That day, John Helin gave him … Read More “Formerly homeless veteran helps others get off the streets, furnishes their homes” »
