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How California Homelessness Became A Crisis – June 8, 2021 For a city as opulent as San Francisco, it’s long been jarring to see the extreme poverty of those experiencing homelessness on its streets. If you walk around downtown, tents, makeshift cardboard beds and human excrement can be seen littering the sidewalks. Impoverished people lie…
Businesses, residents probe for solutions to homelessness in Seaside – June 7, 2021 Sandy Palmer, who owns Five Star Henna in Seaside, described her experience with the homeless as “men under my windows, in my doorways, with grocery carts, smoking, eating, defecating, urinating on my door and doing anything and everything for someone else to…
LA Alliance v City of LA – Document 330 – State Funding Addressing Homelessness – May 29, 2021 This is a mishmash of city & state documents — audit overviews, etc. — suggesting a less than stellar performance by government responding to the crisis. As an example, one letter (page 21-22 of pdf) from Ron…
Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative The Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative brings together expertise and skills from across Portland State University and the country to collaborate with people experiencing homelessness, advocates, service providers, leaders, and other stakeholders. Our goal is to reduce homelessness and its negative impact on individuals, families and communities…
Behind the News: ‘Homelessness has many different faces’ – March 6, 2021 Clatsop Community Action has an outsized role in the social services safety net on the North Coast. The nonprofit operates the regional food bank and provides housing, energy assistance and other critical services to low-income people. Over the past year, Clatsop County has…
Homeless liaisons begin outreach – May 14, 2021 During her first month in a new role, Cheryl Paul, a Clatsop County homeless liaison, has been getting to know the homeless population in Seaside, offering to help connect people to different housing options. During an Astoria homeless task force meeting, Paul was credited for helping a…
Pandemic year sees jump in mental health, homelessness contacts for Seaside police – May 13, 2021 It was timely coincidence that delivery of the annual report of the Seaside Police Department came the same night as a proclamation for National Police Memorial Week. The proclamation honored the valor, service, and dedication of all police officer…
Faith leaders share vision at Seaside homelessness forum – May 11, 2021 Faith leaders came together last week at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center to discuss Seaside’s rise in homelessness. “We need to learn about what’s going on in our town. We need to learn from each other,” said City Councilor Tita Montero, an…
Homeless liaisons begin outreach: A countywide push to help with housing – May 7, 2021 During her first month in a new role, Cheryl Paul, a Clatsop County homeless liaison, has been getting to know the homeless population in Seaside, offering to help connect people to different housing options. During an Astoria homeless task force…
Astoria clinic provides virus vaccines to homeless – May 3, 2021 Twenty homeless people received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus at a health and wellness clinic on Thursday at the Astoria Armory. People who are homeless have been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, but are also among the more difficult groups…