Seaside City Council revives plan for homeless forums: Designated homeless encampment needed, resident says – April 14, 2021

Seaside City Council revives plan for homeless forums: Designated homeless encampment needed, resident says – April 14, 2021

A designated homeless encampment is needed in Seaside, resident Sharon Johnson said at an April City Council meeting. “Port-a-potties and dumpsters are direly needed. With the summertime influx of illegal campers with the end of the eviction ban, we are facing a public emergency.”

Funding opportunities to combat homelessness could come from American Rescue Plan dollars, City Manager Mark Winstanley said at a budget committee meeting last Wednesday. The city anticipates $1.4 million from the federal government as part of the government’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill….

Read the article in the Seaside Signal here.

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

~Edward Everett Hale

“To end homelessness, a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs is needed.” —National Alliance to End Homelessness

“One thing is certain: There is almost always resistance from individuals and organizations seeking to defend the status quo.” —Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

“… middle-class values cannot be imposed on those who have had no access to middle-class comforts.” —Lloyd Pendleton