A Publication of the Coalition on Homelessness
by Tiny
The flames of intense heat dehydrate
The water from floods drown our outside spaces
The Cold seeps into our torn clothes
Way down deep to our tired bones
The tornado winds
The sun beats in
The smoke will choke
But none so hard as the
By Marisa Kendall/CalMatters
Jennielynn Holmes stood in the middle of a make-shift evacuation center when the scope of the crisis hit her.
Surrounded by thousands of people that had just fled the Tubbs Fire that burned through Santa Rosa in 2017, Holmes realized many of these people would soon be added to the area’s already extensive caseload of unhoused clients.
“This is the group of people (that) is one crisis away from entering homelessness,” thought Holmes,
story and photo by Hollie Garrett
A Pit Stop toilet in downtown San Francisco. Photo by Hollie Garrett.
Disclosure: Hollie Garrett works as a manager for San Francisco’s Pit Stop program.
San Francisco’s Pit Stop program is a public restroom program that also provides used needle receptacles and dog waste bags. The program has become a critical component in addressing public sanitation and a safer environment for both the city’s homeless and local residents.
by Neil K. R. Sehgal and Ashwini Sehgal
Legislators who are descendants of slaveholders are significantly wealthier than members of Congress without slaveholder ancestry, new research has found.
The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides.
Some argue that slavery still contributes to modern economic inequalities. Others believe that its effects have largely faded.
by Lukas Illa
On December 10, for the first time in its history, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors overturned a decision passed by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) Board of Directors that would have banned oversized vehicles citywide.
The move prevented the ban from taking effect. It would have targeted streets in the Lake Merced area after vehicle-dwelling San Franciscans were swept from the area earlier this year.
