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A mad, mock dash for shelter: Racing The Amazing Runaround
originally published in Street Sheet, Feb. 15-28, 2010
About 40 people ran an obstacle course through Tenderloin streets on Jan. 29 to illustrate the runaround homeless people in San Francisco experience when looking for space in a homeless shelter.
"I've seen people go... Vancouver2010 Olympic Kidnapping Act Protest ,Sun Dec 13 09
Downtown Eastside Residents & Activist gathered at Police HQ to protest The BC Liberals Assistance to Shelter Act AKA: “The Olympic Kidnapping Act “on Sunday Dec 13 2009 which was hastily passed into law last...Are cases closed for S.F. shelter inspections?
originally published in Street Sheet, Oct. 1-14, 2009 Minutes before the Coalition on Homelessness presented “The Runaround” to the Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee, the Shelter Monitoring Committee (SMC) presented its quarterly report. Street Sheet reported last... Not up to standards?
originally published in Street Sheet, Sept. 15-30, 2009Michael Decarlo Wright has been threatened by another homeless client, seen staff openly steal food and break into storage lockers, and been ordered by custodians to perform their janitorial tasks at the Next Door...
created by TJ Johnston | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Denial of Service
A week ago, I lived here. Wait, I'm not allowed to say that. I slept here. I ate here. I showered here. I stored my stuff here. But I was never allowed to call it home. That point was made by the staff of the MSC... 806 views | 6 recommendations | 3 comments
The Runaround: Report on Hurdles to Shelter Access
Anybody who is homeless in San Francisco and trying to reserve a bed in city-funded shelters is likely to be turned away an average of six times within a month. Chances are they’re just as likely to wait one day as well as over a week to get a bed. And they also believe the... Shelter system crash fails homeless clients
The CHANGES shelter reservation system failed no fewer than four times in the last two weeks, the Coalition on Homelessness has learned. Confusion reigned when the computerized intake for homeless people seeking beds in the city's public shelters first went offline the... mayo vs. butter pt 1
I thought I had seen it all, till I saw someone at the shelter put mayonnaise on oatmeal at breakfast. Another shelter guest and I looked at each other and kind of rolled our eyes and at the same time, mouthed,... Local SF Shelter Resident Puts New Books In Shelters- Without Funding !
Friday, April 4, 2008Shelter Resident Creates Libraries Inside San Francisco Shelters Without Funding !San Francisco has an abundance of talent, ideas, creativity and 'outof the box' thinking -- right inside of our own tax funded HomelessShelters. We have some great shelter...Public Information- SF City Workers Making $100K+ Real Deal 2008 vs. New Deal...
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.Franklin D. Roosevelt - circa 1933This is a posting made...
created by SFHomeless | 5 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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San Francisco InterFaith Winter Shelter Said 'No Christmas Breakfast' to home...
Homeless Guests were denied a Christmas breakfast and worse, while staying at San Francisco's Interfaith Winter Shelter, located at St. Mary's Cathedral, 1111 Gough St, being operated by ECS (Episcopal Community...SFHomeless Yahoo Group gets noticed on SFist's web site in San Francisco, Cal...
We are all pleasantly surprised to see locals chatting about the SFHomeless Yahoo! Group... We work hard to help our homeless residents and related service providers by reporting and monitoring things that impact them every day. We had a recent example wherein...The latest in designer Homeless Shelters in San Francisco !
This article rocks... talks about portable homeless shelters that would solve manyof the problems associated with abuse and chaos that often is how some SF Homeless Shelters can be.Like every idea or program (one size never fits all and no one system is 'perfect') this one...Shelters packed, planes grounded as snow hits B.C., cold grips Prairies
The snow continues to fall near UBC. It has been coming down all day and shows no sign of letting up."Two weeks ago, torrential rains triggered boil-water advisories for more than one million people. For...Top Members Today
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