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How the Homeless Epidemic is Destroying Communities

September 17, 2019 8:26 amSeptember 17, 2019 8:37 am

‘When homeowners believe that our politicians either don’t know what to do, ignore our complaints, or show us statistics about how good things are, their last resort is to leave.’ When you ask residents of Land Park in Sacramento...

Gov. Newsom Issues Letter to President to Do More to Solve Homelessness and Housing Insecurity

September 17, 2019 7:25 am

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday issued a letter to President Trump and his administration to “do more to address homelessness and housing insecurity,” effectively the President for “significant cuts to housing and supportive services” leading to these problems...

A Drug Epidemic Disguised as a Housing Crisis

September 3, 2019 7:09 amSeptember 4, 2019 8:26 am

Stephanie Duncan, former president of the Land Park Neighborhood Association and community advocate, has noticed a severe increase in transients camps over the last four years along Broadway, the W/X corridor and her neighborhood in the city of Sacramento. She...

Bubonic California

September 3, 2019 2:07 amSeptember 4, 2019 8:35 am

And the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, their canals, and their ponds, and all their pools of water, so that they may...

California’s Homeless Epidemic: The Silent Majority Cannot Stay Quiet

August 23, 2019 8:57 amSeptember 4, 2019 9:46 am

The more people who stayed quiet, referring to themselves as the ‘silent majority,’ the worse it was for the ones who didn’t. As a California native, what I have seen happen to this state and my neighborhood, which used...

Nearly 350,000 California Residents Dropped by Insurers over Wildfire Risk

August 22, 2019 10:29 amAugust 22, 2019 10:22 pm

The number of California’s rural homeowners dropped by insurance companies is up to nearly 350,000 in just four years, the Fresno Bee reported this week. But what is not addressed is that without the ability to properly insure the home,...

Rather Than Tough-on-Crime Policies, Sacramento Sues 7 Transients For Harassing Businesses

August 17, 2019 2:42 pmAugust 19, 2019 7:14 am

If Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg or any other member of the City Council committed the same crimes the transients are – assault, dealt drugs, committed robbery, masturbated in public, or pooped on the sidewalk in front of a business –...