Sharon Byrne's Types of Homeless in Santa Barbara
Columnists & Topics » Search MLS Guide to Santa Barbara » County Calendar About / Advertise » SB Menus Working Definitions of Types of Homeless in Santa Barbara by Sharon Byrne on MAY 31, 2012 in NEWS , SHARON BYRNE By Sharon Byrne for El Smurfo, regarding recent Views on Santa Barbara’s Homeless. Grifter: travelling homeless, make their way up and down the coast, or across the country. Come into Santa Barbara at various times of year to camp, stay at Casa Esperanza, and panhandle. Engage in drinking and drug use. Sometimes get into fights, shoplift. Often arrive and depart in packs together. Transitional Homeless: you’ll never see them, unless you let someone temporarily living in their car sleep in your driveway. Homeless for 2 minutes to 2 days to 2 weeks – they want a job, a place to live, and to return to a normal life ASAP. Despise shelters. Panhandle out of sheer desper...