Our Neighbors On The Streets: A Social Justice Perspective

Paul Wellman Willbridge co-founder Lynelle Williams (July 20, 2012) No Cause for Alarm at State Street Suites Controversial Housing Project Celebrates First Year in Operation Saturday, July 21, 2012 by   NICK WELSH  ( CONTACT ) Article Tools  Print friendly  E-mail story  Tip Us Off  Comments  Share Article When word leaked out last February that a transitional housing project for the mentally ill was slated to open just spitting distance from the Peabody School in San Roque, the neighborhood erupted in angry surprise, prompting the City Council to hold a special hearing on the matter. But as of this July 1, that housing project — dubbed State Street Suites — has been doing business for one full year and, by all accounts, there have been no problems and many successes. To date, 11 people have occupied the eight snug studio apartments at the site of a former residential motel located at 2904 Stat...

3 stabbings prompt warning to homeless to seek shelter at night Transients were stabbed in the back while sleeping on the street in downtown L.A., Hollywood and Santa Monica. A person of interest has been identified, but no motive is known. Comments 3 Email Share LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith announces that David Ben Keyes, in the pictures at right, is being sought as a person of interest in the stabbing of three homeless people in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.  ( Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times  /  July  19 , 2012 ) Housing project for hard-core homeless pays off Dealing with possessions of homeless a big problem for cities Photos:  A place to store their things Campaign for L.A.'s homeless reaches out to younger activists A quarter of L.A. homeless have hepatitis C; nearly half don't know it Ads by Google Introducing Nexus 7 Built to bring you the bes...

Ken Williams: Amid the Recession, More and More People Call the Streets Home We need to set aside our fears and accept that we're all in this together By Ken Williams, Noozhawk Columnist |  Published on 07.18.2012 8:31 p.m. Share on google (2) 2 Still again, harsh voices are raised against those who find the streets home. For some, there is an underlying assumption that the poor are, at best, a nuisance, and at worst, a threat. Certain people view those without homes outside of any historical, political or economic context. Here are some basic truths. We are in the fourth year of the  Great Recession , the deepest and longest economic contraction since the  Great Depression . Millions of Americans have been without work for years, and millions more barely scrape by with part-time, low-paying jobs. And millions have seen their economic well-being wiped out — personal wealth obliterated, and their retirement savings and p...