Thousands of people are homeless in San Francisco, and even more throughout the Bay Area. Despite years of concern and millions of dollars of investment, the problem persists.
Who are the people who live on the streets and on the edge of homelessness? Why have we failed to create lasting change? And are there solutions that offer hope for the future? As part of a collaboration with dozens of Bay Area news organizations, KQED is exploring these questions, and more.
A Family's Yearlong Homeless Odyssey Takes a Turn for the Better
Tahoe Residents Forced Out by High Costs, 'The Airbnb Effect'
Homeless U: A College Student's Life Without Shelter
Did the Emptying of Mental Hospitals Contribute to Homelessness?
"Little" Eddie Sanchez Uses Art to Stay Off the Street
Four-Legged Medical Care Helps San Francisco's Homeless
Checking in with San Francisco's Top Homeless Official
Homeless Students Struggle To Find Housing in S.F. Without Support
San Jose’s Archer Studios Inspires Better Living Through Good Design
Gala? 5K? This Homeless Shelter Is Fundraising With a 'Sleep Out'
California State University Plans to Tackle College Homelessness
Advocates Raise Money to Help West Oakland Recyclers
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Back then she was living with her family in transitional housing provided by \u003ca href=\"http://lifemoves.org/\" target=\"_blank\">LifeMoves\u003c/a> in San Mateo after months of sleeping on a garage floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296760012\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, it's like better than sleeping on a cold floor,\" Karima said last June before she started to cry. \"I had to wake up on my birthday sleeping on the floor, and I didn't get to celebrate it because my parents didn't have any money. It was hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December 2015, the Aucar family were pushed out of their $2,400-a-month home they rented in Daly City for 10 years when the landlord decided to sell it. They had few options because they couldn't afford to pay the new skyrocketing rents. So the family of nine moved into Karima's grandmother's studio apartment nearby, but the neighbors complained. They then slept in the family's large van until it got so cold they ended up back at Karima's grandmother's place. This time they were sleeping in the studio's garage. They had to hide like outlaws, getting up early and returning late at night so the neighbors wouldn't complain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the kids moved into their new home last weekend, their dad, Shauky Aucar, said he hopes the past year will soon become a dim memory for his children and wife. For him, it's tough to shake off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a process we never thought we would ever get past. But thank God we did,\" Aucar said, as he began to cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 24 years, Aucar has worked full time as an orderly at UC San Francisco Medical Center taking people in and out of surgery. He continued working when the family became homeless, but he said it wasn't until he put his pride aside and asked for help that things started changing. He knew his children were watching his every move, and he couldn't let despair take over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the leader gets broken, the rest of the team is going to get broken,\" Aucar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LiveMoves, a comprehensive program providing shelters, transitional housing and emergency placement in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, stepped up to help the Aucar family. Case manager Christopher Samayoa helped the family navigate through two transitional housing situations and moved them into their new home. He said even though the Aucars had their story on KQED in June and many people reached out to help, it was hard getting landlords to rent to them because they were homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211186 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Aucar family in their new Daly City home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The seven Aucar children help their parents organize the kitchen in their Daly City home. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's a real stigma,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he said, there were other factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Usually it starts when they noticed there was a language barrier and secondly once they noticed how many kids they had in the household,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And add to that, the Aucars had a housing voucher from the San Mateo County Department of Housing to cover part of their rent. Samayoa said it's often difficult to get landlords to accept them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's when Jon Rock, a housing locator for \u003ca href=\"http://abodeservices.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Abode Services\u003c/a>, entered the picture and found a landlord who would rent the Aucars a five-bedroom home for $4,300 a month. Now, he said, the Aucars must keep up with the payments of about $2,145 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The true test is now going forward,\" said Rock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Aucars are planning for the future. All seven kids are in school, and their mom is, too. Norma Aucar is now taking English and accounting classes at a community college. The oldest daughter, 21-year-old Anshi Aucar, stayed in community college during her homeless ordeal and is thinking about going to medical school. Karima, who didn't have a birthday party last year, is planning a big celebration in her new home when she turns 14 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I'm pretty sure it's going to be better this year. Have all my friends over, eat cake and a lot of candy,\" Karima said with an enormous smile.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>In and around Lake Tahoe, housing costs are going through the roof. Of course, that’s the case for all of California -- but what makes the situation in Tahoe unique is that the people driving up the cost of local housing don’t actually live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296908651\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local preschool teacher Lauren Suttie knows this too well. For six months, she lived in a 24-foot RV with her boyfriend, Nick Lewis, and their two large dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We call it the mobile mansion,\" she says as she shows me around. \"I mean, I know people living in their cars, so this is luxury. We had our bed up here, our TV. We had to turn the shower into a closet, so we didn't shower in here; we showered in the RV park.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news: The couple just moved into a new rental home. The bad news: Lewis says they still feel uneasy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211347 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-800x1067.jpg\" alt='\"Home is where you park it.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Home is where you park it.' \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"You know, we've been there for two days and I still feel like someone's gonna pull the rug out from under us,\" he says. \"And I hate to be that untrusting of people, but it's kinda made me that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s why the couple is house-skittish: For six years, they rented a few different places around Tahoe. Then, earlier this year their landlord decided to sell his house. So they found another house, but 48 hours before their move-in date, those owners backed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had a U-Haul packed in the driveway, our whole house was packed up and we'd told our landlord we were moving,\" says Suttie. \"We had no place to live. We were going to be homeless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two aren't alone. More residents are finding themselves in similar situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's definitely getting worse,\" says Truckee-born and raised Elvia Esparza, who works at the \u003ca href=\"https://tely.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7ca579a411704af6848a08770f5b018f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.truckeefrc.org%2f\" target=\"_blank\">Family Resource Center\u003c/a> in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get housing calls all the time -- four or five a day from people saying, 'I'm getting evicted, I can't find a place,' \" she says. \"There are a lot of people who are homeless, living in cars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211349 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Preschool teacher Lauren Suttie and Sugar Bowl ski racing organizer Nick Lewis were without a home for 6 months in Tahoe this year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-160x214.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-1020x1365.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-1180x1579.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-240x321.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-375x502.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-520x696.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preschool teacher Lauren Suttie and Sugar Bowl ski racing organizer Nick Lewis were without a home for six months in Tahoe this year. \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Stacy Caldwell, CEO of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ttcf.net/\">Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation,\u003c/a> a big part of the problem is that Tahoe mostly has one type of house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have 33,000 housing units and 80 percent of them are single-family homes,\" she says. \"So that shows we don't have a diversity of type of housing stock.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foundation commissioned a \u003ca href=\"https://tely.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7ca579a411704af6848a08770f5b018f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ttcf.net%2fimpact%2fregional-housing-study%2f\" target=\"_blank\">regional housing study\u003c/a> earlier this year that delivered unsurprising results: Sixty-five percent of homes in Truckee and North Tahoe are second homes, many of which sit vacant most of the time. Seventy-six percent of residents overpay for housing. More than half commute out of the basin to earn enough money. The region will need about 12,000 workforce housing units over the next 20 years, but has the capacity to build only 7,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are cultural and economic trends at play, too, especially the rising cost of living in the Bay Area, the increasing ease of telecommuting and what's known as \"the Airbnb effect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211350\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Boat mechanic Jared Fournier has been hopping from temporary home to temporary home since losing his rental to an Airbnb conversion back in September.\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boat mechanic Jared Fournier has been hopping from temporary home to temporary home since losing his rental to an Airbnb conversion back in September. \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boat mechanic Jared Fournier had to leave his rental in September when the landlord decided to turn it into an Airbnb. The place now generates the same amount in a week that Fournier paid each month. \"I get it, I guess, but you look around here and there are so many vacation rentals sitting empty all the time. You'd think they would want the steady monthly income.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he's renting a room from someone who went on vacation for a month. \"So it's very temporary,\" he says. \"After that I need to figure something out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Various ideas are being considered to address the workforce housing issue -- everything from permitting changes to a local fund to provide financing for smaller, more affordable housing options. But it's a problem with dozens of layers and it won't be an easy fix. In the meantime, winter is coming.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In and around Lake Tahoe, housing costs are going through the roof. Of course, that’s the case for all of California -- but what makes the situation in Tahoe unique is that the people driving up the cost of local housing don’t actually live there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296908651&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296908651'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local preschool teacher Lauren Suttie knows this too well. For six months, she lived in a 24-foot RV with her boyfriend, Nick Lewis, and their two large dogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We call it the mobile mansion,\" she says as she shows me around. \"I mean, I know people living in their cars, so this is luxury. We had our bed up here, our TV. We had to turn the shower into a closet, so we didn't shower in here; we showered in the RV park.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news: The couple just moved into a new rental home. The bad news: Lewis says they still feel uneasy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211347\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211347 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-800x1067.jpg\" alt='\"Home is where you park it.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/TahoeHousing2-e1481234010916-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Home is where you park it.' \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"You know, we've been there for two days and I still feel like someone's gonna pull the rug out from under us,\" he says. \"And I hate to be that untrusting of people, but it's kinda made me that way.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s why the couple is house-skittish: For six years, they rented a few different places around Tahoe. Then, earlier this year their landlord decided to sell his house. So they found another house, but 48 hours before their move-in date, those owners backed out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We had a U-Haul packed in the driveway, our whole house was packed up and we'd told our landlord we were moving,\" says Suttie. \"We had no place to live. We were going to be homeless.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The two aren't alone. More residents are finding themselves in similar situations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's definitely getting worse,\" says Truckee-born and raised Elvia Esparza, who works at the \u003ca href=\"https://tely.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7ca579a411704af6848a08770f5b018f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.truckeefrc.org%2f\" target=\"_blank\">Family Resource Center\u003c/a> in town.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We get housing calls all the time -- four or five a day from people saying, 'I'm getting evicted, I can't find a place,' \" she says. \"There are a lot of people who are homeless, living in cars.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211349\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211349 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-800x1071.jpg\" alt=\"Preschool teacher Lauren Suttie and Sugar Bowl ski racing organizer Nick Lewis were without a home for 6 months in Tahoe this year.\" width=\"800\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-800x1071.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-160x214.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-1020x1365.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-1180x1579.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-960x1285.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-240x321.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-375x502.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis-520x696.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/LaurenSuttie_NickLewis.jpg 1446w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preschool teacher Lauren Suttie and Sugar Bowl ski racing organizer Nick Lewis were without a home for six months in Tahoe this year. \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Stacy Caldwell, CEO of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ttcf.net/\">Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation,\u003c/a> a big part of the problem is that Tahoe mostly has one type of house.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have 33,000 housing units and 80 percent of them are single-family homes,\" she says. \"So that shows we don't have a diversity of type of housing stock.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The foundation commissioned a \u003ca href=\"https://tely.kqed.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=7ca579a411704af6848a08770f5b018f&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ttcf.net%2fimpact%2fregional-housing-study%2f\" target=\"_blank\">regional housing study\u003c/a> earlier this year that delivered unsurprising results: Sixty-five percent of homes in Truckee and North Tahoe are second homes, many of which sit vacant most of the time. Seventy-six percent of residents overpay for housing. More than half commute out of the basin to earn enough money. The region will need about 12,000 workforce housing units over the next 20 years, but has the capacity to build only 7,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there are cultural and economic trends at play, too, especially the rising cost of living in the Bay Area, the increasing ease of telecommuting and what's known as \"the Airbnb effect.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211350\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"Boat mechanic Jared Fournier has been hopping from temporary home to temporary home since losing his rental to an Airbnb conversion back in September.\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/JaredFournier-e1481234194549-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boat mechanic Jared Fournier has been hopping from temporary home to temporary home since losing his rental to an Airbnb conversion back in September. \u003ccite>(Amy Westervelt/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Boat mechanic Jared Fournier had to leave his rental in September when the landlord decided to turn it into an Airbnb. The place now generates the same amount in a week that Fournier paid each month. \"I get it, I guess, but you look around here and there are so many vacation rentals sitting empty all the time. You'd think they would want the steady monthly income.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now he's renting a room from someone who went on vacation for a month. \"So it's very temporary,\" he says. \"After that I need to figure something out.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Various ideas are being considered to address the workforce housing issue -- everything from permitting changes to a local fund to provide financing for smaller, more affordable housing options. But it's a problem with dozens of layers and it won't be an easy fix. In the meantime, winter is coming.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“Most people don’t think that if you’re in college that you could possibly be homeless,” says social work professor Rashida Crutchfield of California State Long Beach. But her research has uncovered a troubling world where students struggle to survive both in and out of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/documents/ServingDisplacedandFoodInsecureStudetnsintheCSUJanuary20163.8.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study \u003c/a>conducted by Cal State University revealed nearly one in 10 students in that system is homeless or teetering on the brink of homelessness. A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar study\u003c/a> conducted at the community college level found this number to be almost one in three students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the homeless undergraduate population is largely invisible: They often look just like the average student. To put a face on the issue, we followed a Laney College student, 24-year-old Brittany Jones, as she navigates the streets, classrooms and “safe spaces” that make up her world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”470″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200565 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones boards a train on her way to her storage unit in West Oakland. “I know BART like the back of my hand,” she says. She spends several hours a day on BART getting around, or just spending time there as a way to rest. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, spends a lot of time on Bart going back and forth between school, work and her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the train, Brittany Jones looks for jobs on Craigslist on her phone. She’s currently unemployed, but in the past she’s worked in overnight security or as a grocery stocker. She wants something similar now. In the meantime, some state grants through the school help her get by. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200567 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones pushes a set of portable stairs down the hallway of her storage unit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200568 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones goes through her belongings in storage unit to put together clothes for the upcoming weekend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ storage locker is one of her few “safe spaces.” She spends up to three hours a day here, organizing her things, doing homework and writing in her journal. Her most significant possessions are in here, including a picture of her mother, who passed away when Jones was just 5 years old. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200569 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones prepares her bag for the next 24 hours. “I take a pair of clothes I’m going to change into, a pair of underclothes,” she says. She even carries small containers of laundry detergent. “I’m on the go, so everything is on the go,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200571 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Brittany Jones aged out of the foster care system five years ago, she’s largely been homeless. She lost her most recent spot in a group home a year ago when she violated a policy, letting in a guest when she wasn’t supposed to. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200572 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since losing her own housing, Brittany Jones relies on others to offer her a place to stay each night. She texts friends during the day, but never asks outright if she can spend the night. She doesn’t want to impose. Eventually, one of Jones’ friends replies and asks if Jones is coming to meet her — a coded invitation. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and often sleeps on the Bart train in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on BART, Brittany Jones heads to Richmond, where she’ll meet up with her friend. She takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she isn’t staying inside anywhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200574 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones checks her phone on her way to her grandmother’s house in Richmond. Her bright red bag carries all off her clothes she’ll need for the weekend before she goes back to her storage unit for more. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones checks in with her friend as she makes her way over. Her bright red bag is full of clothes, toiletries, homework and more. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200575 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones meets her friend in Richmond. Tonight she’ll sleep on the floor of her friend’s bedroom. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“Most people don’t think that if you’re in college that you could possibly be homeless,” says social work professor Rashida Crutchfield of California State Long Beach. But her research has uncovered a troubling world where students struggle to survive both in and out of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/documents/ServingDisplacedandFoodInsecureStudetnsintheCSUJanuary20163.8.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study \u003c/a>conducted by Cal State University revealed nearly one in 10 students in that system is homeless or teetering on the brink of homelessness. A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar study\u003c/a> conducted at the community college level found this number to be almost one in three students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the homeless undergraduate population is largely invisible: They often look just like the average student. To put a face on the issue, we followed a Laney College student, 24-year-old Brittany Jones, as she navigates the streets, classrooms and “safe spaces” that make up her world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”470″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200565 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones boards a train on her way to her storage unit in West Oakland. “I know BART like the back of my hand,” she says. She spends several hours a day on BART getting around, or just spending time there as a way to rest. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, spends a lot of time on Bart going back and forth between school, work and her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the train, Brittany Jones looks for jobs on Craigslist on her phone. She’s currently unemployed, but in the past she’s worked in overnight security or as a grocery stocker. She wants something similar now. In the meantime, some state grants through the school help her get by. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200567 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones pushes a set of portable stairs down the hallway of her storage unit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200568 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones goes through her belongings in storage unit to put together clothes for the upcoming weekend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ storage locker is one of her few “safe spaces.” She spends up to three hours a day here, organizing her things, doing homework and writing in her journal. Her most significant possessions are in here, including a picture of her mother, who passed away when Jones was just 5 years old. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200569 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones prepares her bag for the next 24 hours. “I take a pair of clothes I’m going to change into, a pair of underclothes,” she says. She even carries small containers of laundry detergent. “I’m on the go, so everything is on the go,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200571 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Brittany Jones aged out of the foster care system five years ago, she’s largely been homeless. She lost her most recent spot in a group home a year ago when she violated a policy, letting in a guest when she wasn’t supposed to. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200572 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since losing her own housing, Brittany Jones relies on others to offer her a place to stay each night. She texts friends during the day, but never asks outright if she can spend the night. She doesn’t want to impose. Eventually, one of Jones’ friends replies and asks if Jones is coming to meet her — a coded invitation. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and often sleeps on the Bart train in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on BART, Brittany Jones heads to Richmond, where she’ll meet up with her friend. She takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she isn’t staying inside anywhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200574 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones checks her phone on her way to her grandmother’s house in Richmond. Her bright red bag carries all off her clothes she’ll need for the weekend before she goes back to her storage unit for more. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones checks in with her friend as she makes her way over. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ci>After patients were released from mental hospitals, there wasn’t always a place for them to go. On this week’s episode, we explore if deinstitutionalization was a factor in the Bay Area’s homeless crisis.\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/baycurious\"> Bay Curious\u003c/a> is a new podcast from KQED that’s all about answering your questions about the Bay Area.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, we asked for your questions on homelessness. More than 1,300 of you responded and we answered many of your questions \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/28/homelessness-youve-got-questions-weve-got-answers/\">in our first round of reporting\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriouspodcastinfo]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was one topic that kept coming up again and again as we sorted your questions. This week on the podcast, we answer listener Debbie Ow’s question:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is the situation as bad as it is because of the closure of mental health facilities in our state?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click the red play button above for the full story, and look below for a timeline of deinstitutionalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Deinstitutionalization: A History\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1833\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Worcester State Hospital opens in Massachusetts as the first mental hospital fully supported by state funds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209885\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11209885 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester.jpg\" alt=\"Worcester State Asylum in Worcester, Massachusetts, dated 1905.\" width=\"550\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-375x237.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worcester State Asylum in Worcester, Massachusetts, dated 1905. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1860\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Twenty-eight of the 33 existing U.S. states have state psychiatric hospitals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1939-1945\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> During World War II conscientious objectors enter state psychiatric hospitals to replace doctors who were sent away for the war effort. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1946 \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lobotomist-bedlam-1946/\">Life Magazine\u003c/a> publishes photos depicting the horrors inside the hospitals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1954\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/83/8325/8325thorazine.html\"> Chlorpromazine\u003c/a>, marketed as Thorazine, is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s the first anti-psychotic drug widely used to treat the symptoms of mental illness. For many, it brought hope that some patients could live among the community. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11209886 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-800x540.jpg\" alt='\"Bedlam 1946\" spread from Life Magazine.' width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-800x540.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-240x162.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-375x253.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-520x351.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Bedlam 1946’ spread from Life Magazine. \u003ccite>(The Jerry Cooke Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1955\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients inside public mental hospitals nationwide peaks at 560,000.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1959\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients in California state mental hospitals peaks at\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html?pagewanted=all\"> 37,000\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11210398\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11210398\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r.jpg\" alt=\"President John. F. Kennedy\" width=\"250\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-160x197.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-240x295.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-375x462.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President John. F. Kennedy \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1963\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President John F. Kennedy signs \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9546\">the Community Mental Health Act\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients from the state toward the federal government. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">JFK wanted to create a network of community mental health centers where mentally ill people could live in the community while receiving care. JFK could have been inspired to act because his \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">younger sister, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/08/15/rosemary-kennedy-the-tragic-story-of-why-jfks-sister-disappeared-from-public-view/\">Rosemary\u003c/a>, was mentally disabled, received a lobotomy and spent her life hidden away. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a month after signing the new legislation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx\">JFK is assassinated\u003c/a>. The community mental health centers never receive stable funding, and even 15 years later less than half the promised centers are built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209904\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 588px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11209904\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM.png\" alt=\"The Community Mental Health Act of 1963.\" width=\"588\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM.png 588w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-160x127.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-240x191.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-375x298.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-520x413.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Community Mental Health Act of 1963.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1965\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The U.S. Congress establishes \u003ca href=\"http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/imd/imd-medicaid-mentally-ill.html\">Medicaid and Medicare\u003c/a>. Mentally disabled people living in the community are eligible for benefits but those in psychiatric hospitals are excluded. By encouraging patients to be discharged, state legislators could shift the cost of care for mentally ill patients to the federal government. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1967\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. At this point, the number of patients in state hospitals had fallen to 22,000, and the Reagan administration uses the decline as a reason to make cuts to the Department of Mental Hygiene. They cut 2,600 jobs and 10 percent of the budget despite reports showing that hospitals were already below recommended staffing levels.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1967\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reagan signs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacourt.org/division/mentalhealth/MH0017.aspx\">Lanterman-Petris-Short Act\u003c/a> and ends the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will, or for indefinite amounts of time. This law is regarded by some as a “patient’s bill of rights”. Sadly, the care outside state hospitals was inadequate. The year after the law goes into effect, a study shows the number of mentally ill people entering San Mateo’s criminal justice system doubles.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1969\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reagan reverses earlier budget cuts. He increases spending on the Department of Mental Hygiene by a record $28 million.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1973\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients in California State mental hospitals falls to 7,000.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1980\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President Jimmy Carter signs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=45228\">Mental Health Systems Act\u003c/a> to improve on Kennedy’s dream.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11210068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11210068 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"President Ronald Reagan\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-800x508.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-960x609.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-375x238.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-520x330.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Ronald Reagan \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1981\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President Reagan repeals Carter’s legislation with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-mental-health-nimh\">Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.\u003c/a> This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients back to the states. The legislation creates block grants for the states, but federal spending on mental illness declines. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousbug]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2004\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that \u003ca href=\"http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/storage/documents/backgrounders/how%20many%20individuals%20with%20serious%20mental%20illness%20are%20in%20jails%20and%20prisons%20final.pdf\">10 percent\u003c/a> of state prisoners have symptoms that meet criteria for a psychotic disorder.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2015\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/default/files/2015%20San%20Francisco%20Homeless%20Count%20%20Report_0.pdf\">the San Francisco Homeless Count\u003c/a>, 55 percent of people experiencing chronic homelessness report they have emotional or psychiatric conditions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Click the red play button above for the full story, and look below for a timeline of deinstitutionalization.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Deinstitutionalization: A History\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1833\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Worcester State Hospital opens in Massachusetts as the first mental hospital fully supported by state funds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209885\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 550px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11209885 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester.jpg\" alt=\"Worcester State Asylum in Worcester, Massachusetts, dated 1905.\" width=\"550\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester.jpg 550w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-160x101.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-375x237.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/worchester-520x329.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worcester State Asylum in Worcester, Massachusetts, dated 1905. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1860\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Twenty-eight of the 33 existing U.S. states have state psychiatric hospitals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1939-1945\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> During World War II conscientious objectors enter state psychiatric hospitals to replace doctors who were sent away for the war effort. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1946 \u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/lobotomist-bedlam-1946/\">Life Magazine\u003c/a> publishes photos depicting the horrors inside the hospitals.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1954\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/83/8325/8325thorazine.html\"> Chlorpromazine\u003c/a>, marketed as Thorazine, is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It’s the first anti-psychotic drug widely used to treat the symptoms of mental illness. For many, it brought hope that some patients could live among the community. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209886\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11209886 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-800x540.jpg\" alt='\"Bedlam 1946\" spread from Life Magazine.' width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-800x540.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-160x108.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-240x162.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-375x253.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag-520x351.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/lifemag.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">‘Bedlam 1946’ spread from Life Magazine. \u003ccite>(The Jerry Cooke Archives)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1955\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients inside public mental hospitals nationwide peaks at 560,000.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1959\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients in California state mental hospitals peaks at\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html?pagewanted=all\"> 37,000\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11210398\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11210398\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r.jpg\" alt=\"President John. F. Kennedy\" width=\"250\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-160x197.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-240x295.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/3a53304r-375x462.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President John. F. Kennedy \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1963\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President John F. Kennedy signs \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=9546\">the Community Mental Health Act\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients from the state toward the federal government. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">JFK wanted to create a network of community mental health centers where mentally ill people could live in the community while receiving care. JFK could have been inspired to act because his \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">younger sister, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/08/15/rosemary-kennedy-the-tragic-story-of-why-jfks-sister-disappeared-from-public-view/\">Rosemary\u003c/a>, was mentally disabled, received a lobotomy and spent her life hidden away. \u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a month after signing the new legislation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/November-22-1963-Death-of-the-President.aspx\">JFK is assassinated\u003c/a>. The community mental health centers never receive stable funding, and even 15 years later less than half the promised centers are built.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209904\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 588px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11209904\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM.png\" alt=\"The Community Mental Health Act of 1963.\" width=\"588\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM.png 588w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-160x127.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-240x191.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-375x298.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Screen-Shot-2016-12-07-at-3.45.57-PM-520x413.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Community Mental Health Act of 1963.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1965\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The U.S. Congress establishes \u003ca href=\"http://mentalillnesspolicy.org/imd/imd-medicaid-mentally-ill.html\">Medicaid and Medicare\u003c/a>. Mentally disabled people living in the community are eligible for benefits but those in psychiatric hospitals are excluded. By encouraging patients to be discharged, state legislators could shift the cost of care for mentally ill patients to the federal government. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1967\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Ronald Reagan is elected governor of California. At this point, the number of patients in state hospitals had fallen to 22,000, and the Reagan administration uses the decline as a reason to make cuts to the Department of Mental Hygiene. They cut 2,600 jobs and 10 percent of the budget despite reports showing that hospitals were already below recommended staffing levels.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1967\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reagan signs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.lacourt.org/division/mentalhealth/MH0017.aspx\">Lanterman-Petris-Short Act\u003c/a> and ends the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will, or for indefinite amounts of time. This law is regarded by some as a “patient’s bill of rights”. Sadly, the care outside state hospitals was inadequate. The year after the law goes into effect, a study shows the number of mentally ill people entering San Mateo’s criminal justice system doubles.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1969\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Reagan reverses earlier budget cuts. He increases spending on the Department of Mental Hygiene by a record $28 million.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1973\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The number of patients in California State mental hospitals falls to 7,000.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1980\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President Jimmy Carter signs the \u003ca href=\"http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=45228\">Mental Health Systems Act\u003c/a> to improve on Kennedy’s dream.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11210068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11210068 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-800x508.jpg\" alt=\"President Ronald Reagan\" width=\"800\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-800x508.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-160x102.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-960x609.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-240x152.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-375x238.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952-520x330.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RonaldReagan-e1481161333952.jpg 983w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Ronald Reagan \u003ccite>(Library of Congress)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>1981\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> President Reagan repeals Carter’s legislation with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-mental-health-nimh\">Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.\u003c/a> This pushes the responsibility of mentally ill patients back to the states. The legislation creates block grants for the states, but federal spending on mental illness declines. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003caside class=\"alignleft utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__bayCuriousPodcastShortcode__bayCurious\">\u003cimg src=https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/bayCuriousLogo.png alt=\"Bay Curious Podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" />\n What do you wonder about the Bay Area, its culture or people that you want KQED to investigate?\n \u003ca href=\"/news/series/baycurious\">Ask Bay Curious.\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2004\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that \u003ca href=\"http://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/storage/documents/backgrounders/how%20many%20individuals%20with%20serious%20mental%20illness%20are%20in%20jails%20and%20prisons%20final.pdf\">10 percent\u003c/a> of state prisoners have symptoms that meet criteria for a psychotic disorder.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>2015\u003c/b>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In \u003ca href=\"http://sfgov.org/lhcb/sites/default/files/2015%20San%20Francisco%20Homeless%20Count%20%20Report_0.pdf\">the San Francisco Homeless Count\u003c/a>, 55 percent of people experiencing chronic homelessness report they have emotional or psychiatric conditions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On a rainy afternoon in San Francisco, “Little” Eddie Sanchez hunches over a work table at the back of Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program center on Market Street, his flamboyant top hat bopping up and down as he lays out his goods. For the past two years, selling artwork on the street has helped the previously homeless San Francisco native afford an SRO senior housing unit on 6th Street. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make the art, Sanchez says he’s been visiting the public art studio every day for the past two-and-a-half years. The practice acts as a kind of self-driven art therapy for him. “I’d rather be constructive than destructive,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been able to beg,” Sanchez continued. “I don’t want to ask for something for nothing.” By creating and selling art, he’s able to contribute to the culture of the city. Much of the money he makes goes back into buying art supplies, some of which he distributes to homeless youth he meets on the streets. During the holidays, he devotes a chunk of money to making copies of his Santa Claus poster to pass out to homeless children. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main reason I [make art] is to put a smile on people’s faces,” says Sanchez. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12448086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-800x533.jpg\" alt='Artwork by \"Little\" Eddie Sanchez.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12448086\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by “Little” Eddie Sanchez. \u003ccite>(Sarah Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That day, Sanchez had covered an entire table with his work: vibrant visual love letters — and notes of criticism — to San Francisco. On the right, are his signature San Francisco post cards, featuring Betty Boop posing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge and a banner with the nickname “Frisco” across the top. He originally created the scene as a large painting, but made small copies so he could sell them for $3 a pop to tourists. Like the rest of his artwork, the image is rendered in an aesthetic nostalgic for the San Francisco of the ‘60s — a playful, gritty illustration style reminiscent of early underground comics, mixed with a psychedelic palette harkening back to Haight and Ashbury’s heyday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite his stylistic allusions to the past, Sanchez’s content is cleverly contemporary. On the left, a clock with a painted face features a comical critique of texting: Two skeleton-like figures are drawn with their eyes literally popped out of their sockets and glued to their smart phones; In the center, a massive hand emerges from the ground like an awakened zombie, clutching a phone chained to its wrist. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get inspiration from the news,” said Sanchez, pulling out a poster that comments on house flipping practices, featuring a caricature of mayor Ed Lee with his hands up in a panic. “Luckily, the mayor looks like a cartoon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12448087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-800x533.jpg\" alt='Artwork by \"Little\" Eddie Sanchez.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12448087\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by “Little” Eddie Sanchez. \u003ccite>(Sarah Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sanchez says he pushes his artwork around in a mail cart and sells it wherever he happens to be: “On BART, in a café, on the street.” Aside from cards, he has a huge selection of posters, which he gets printed at a copy shop. He also sells screen-printed shirts and hand-painted jackets with his original designs. And, once in a while, his illustrations are published in the newspaper Street Sheet, which focuses on problems that homeless people face. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When speaking about the past, Sanchez maneuvers around the less savory stuff, always staying positive. He speaks only sparingly about his time living on the streets and in his car, and how seeing kids attempting to light homeless people on fire drove him to finally find housing. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n‘I get inspiration from the news. Luckily, the mayor looks like a cartoon.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Instead, he talks about being born on Candlestick Drive into a family with 11 kids, riding bikes around the city with his siblings and being thrown free peanuts from the salesman at Candlestick Park. A poet and musician before he was ever a visual artist, Sanchez also recalls jamming at big bonfire parties in the late ’70s and reading poetry at City Lights bookstore. Sometimes, he would make art under a now towering tree in Golden Gate Park that he and fellow classmates planted 45 years ago as a seedling. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the decades since, Sanchez says that his daughter and grandkids were evicted from their home on the basis of the Ellis Act and forced to move out of the Bay Area because they could no longer afford it. So, his primary goal is to acquire a vehicle in order to visit them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco isn’t the same as it used to be,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On a rainy afternoon in San Francisco, “Little” Eddie Sanchez hunches over a work table at the back of Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program center on Market Street, his flamboyant top hat bopping up and down as he lays out his goods. For the past two years, selling artwork on the street has helped the previously homeless San Francisco native afford an SRO senior housing unit on 6th Street. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make the art, Sanchez says he’s been visiting the public art studio every day for the past two-and-a-half years. The practice acts as a kind of self-driven art therapy for him. “I’d rather be constructive than destructive,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve never been able to beg,” Sanchez continued. “I don’t want to ask for something for nothing.” By creating and selling art, he’s able to contribute to the culture of the city. Much of the money he makes goes back into buying art supplies, some of which he distributes to homeless youth he meets on the streets. During the holidays, he devotes a chunk of money to making copies of his Santa Claus poster to pass out to homeless children. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main reason I [make art] is to put a smile on people’s faces,” says Sanchez. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12448086\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-800x533.jpg\" alt='Artwork by \"Little\" Eddie Sanchez.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12448086\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.2-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by “Little” Eddie Sanchez. \u003ccite>(Sarah Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That day, Sanchez had covered an entire table with his work: vibrant visual love letters — and notes of criticism — to San Francisco. On the right, are his signature San Francisco post cards, featuring Betty Boop posing in front of the Golden Gate Bridge and a banner with the nickname “Frisco” across the top. He originally created the scene as a large painting, but made small copies so he could sell them for $3 a pop to tourists. Like the rest of his artwork, the image is rendered in an aesthetic nostalgic for the San Francisco of the ‘60s — a playful, gritty illustration style reminiscent of early underground comics, mixed with a psychedelic palette harkening back to Haight and Ashbury’s heyday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite his stylistic allusions to the past, Sanchez’s content is cleverly contemporary. On the left, a clock with a painted face features a comical critique of texting: Two skeleton-like figures are drawn with their eyes literally popped out of their sockets and glued to their smart phones; In the center, a massive hand emerges from the ground like an awakened zombie, clutching a phone chained to its wrist. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I get inspiration from the news,” said Sanchez, pulling out a poster that comments on house flipping practices, featuring a caricature of mayor Ed Lee with his hands up in a panic. “Luckily, the mayor looks like a cartoon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12448087\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-800x533.jpg\" alt='Artwork by \"Little\" Eddie Sanchez.' width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12448087\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/Eddie.1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by “Little” Eddie Sanchez. \u003ccite>(Sarah Burke)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sanchez says he pushes his artwork around in a mail cart and sells it wherever he happens to be: “On BART, in a café, on the street.” Aside from cards, he has a huge selection of posters, which he gets printed at a copy shop. He also sells screen-printed shirts and hand-painted jackets with his original designs. And, once in a while, his illustrations are published in the newspaper Street Sheet, which focuses on problems that homeless people face. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When speaking about the past, Sanchez maneuvers around the less savory stuff, always staying positive. He speaks only sparingly about his time living on the streets and in his car, and how seeing kids attempting to light homeless people on fire drove him to finally find housing. \u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\n‘I get inspiration from the news. Luckily, the mayor looks like a cartoon.’\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Instead, he talks about being born on Candlestick Drive into a family with 11 kids, riding bikes around the city with his siblings and being thrown free peanuts from the salesman at Candlestick Park. A poet and musician before he was ever a visual artist, Sanchez also recalls jamming at big bonfire parties in the late ’70s and reading poetry at City Lights bookstore. Sometimes, he would make art under a now towering tree in Golden Gate Park that he and fellow classmates planted 45 years ago as a seedling. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in the decades since, Sanchez says that his daughter and grandkids were evicted from their home on the basis of the Ellis Act and forced to move out of the Bay Area because they could no longer afford it. So, his primary goal is to acquire a vehicle in order to visit them. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“San Francisco isn’t the same as it used to be,” he says. \u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The saying \"dogs are a man's best friend\" is just a phrase, but to those living on the streets and battling housing insecurity, it can be the honest truth. For people who are contending with homelessness, their companion animals are the world to them. They are their family, their children and their sense of security. But getting proper medical care for their animals can often be even harder than getting it for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/veterinary-street-outreach-services-vetsos/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterinary Street Outreach Services\u003c/a> comes in. Vet SOS is a veterinary pop-up clinic run through the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium's Street Outreach Services, and provides free veterinary care to the companion animals of San Francisco's homeless community. Founded 10 years ago by local veterinarian Ilana Strubel, the clinics happen 12 times a year. Each clinic is staffed entirely by volunteers, from the intake staff all the way to the veterinarians themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November's clinic was held at Warm Water Cove Park in San Francisco, where 24 patients were seen. Eight of those patients were new to Vet SOS, but most of them were returning patients, including Gurrl and Scrappy, two 10-year-old pointers. Their owner, Frank, first brought Scrappy to the pop-up clinic six years ago. When he first lost his housing, Frank was living in a car with them and was in a bind for resources. He heard about the clinic through word of mouth from a friend and decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200581\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gurrl (left) and Scrappy are both returning patients at Vet S.O.S. Their owner Frank first brought Scrappy to Vet S.O.S six years ago. When he first lost his housing Frank was living in a car with them and was in a bind for resources. He heard about the clinic through word of mouth from a friend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gurrl (left) and Scrappy after their checkups at the November Vet SOS clinic. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bianca Zampieri is one of three volunteer veterinarians working at the November pop-up at Warm Water Cove Park in San Francisco. Zampieri began working with the clinic as part of her internship after veterinary school. “I think it’s really great,” say Zampieri. She's very happy that she can do this as part of her internship process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200582\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Zampieri, is a veterinarian at SFVS, checks the breathing and heart rate of a 10-year-old Pointer named Scrappy. Zampieri began working with the clinic as part of her internship after veterinary school. “I think it’s really great,” say Zampieri.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Zampieri, a veterinarian at Vet SOS, checks the breathing and heart rate of a 10-year-old pointer named Scrappy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lawrence Gomez has had his 7-year-old pit bull, Diamond, since she was 1 year old. “She was the best gift I ever got in my life,” Gomez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200583\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Lawrence Gomez (left) strokes the head of his seven-year-old pit-bull, Diamond, when her paws are checked during the monthly Vet S.O.S clinic in San Francisco, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Gomez (left) strokes the head of his 7-year-old pit bull, Diamond, when her paws are checked during the monthly Vet SOS clinic in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They take care of my dog,” Gomez says. “I wouldn’t take her anywhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomez learned about Vet SOS during a Homeless Connect event he attended in San Francisco. “They treat her like she’s special,” says Gomez. “If this place ever went away, a lot of people would be lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200584\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mariko Kawaguchi (left), a veterinary assistant, counts out medication for a patient while Jason Dutra, a veterinary technician, fills out the prescription. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariko Kawaguchi (left), a veterinary assistant, counts out medication for a patient while Jason Dutra, a veterinary technician, fills out the prescription. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The locations of the clinics vary every month and so do the number of patients. On average, Vet SOS sees 41 new and returning clients at each clinic. However, October's clinic, which was held at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, saw a record high for the year with 86 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinics at the auditorium are always popular and busy, says Alana McGrath, an outreach worker with Street Outreach Services. McGrath says that Warm Water Cove Park is often a much quieter clinic location, and there are many clients who can go only there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200585\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Phil, a veterinarian working with Vet S.O.S checks out the hip and leg of a young pit bull named Jezzy. Phil has been working with the clinic for almost nine years. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Phil Durfee, a veterinarian working with Vet SOS, checks out the hip and leg of a young pit bull named Jezzy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While several of the volunteers at the clinic are new, there are many that have been working with the organization since the beginning. Dr. Phil Durfee has been volunteering his veterinary services for nearly nine years. After retiring from his veterinary practice and moving to San Francisco, Durfee became involved with the clinic thanks to one of the founding members, Ilana Strubel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11200586 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chandra Carol (left) discusses her cat Roxanne’s symptoms to a vet at the clinic. Roxanne was the only cat seen that day, and unlike their canine patients, was seen inside the Vet S.O.S clinic van where she was able to walk freely inside with her owner. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chandra Carol (left) discusses her cat Roxanne’s symptoms with a vet at the clinic. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Vet SOS accepts all varieties of animals, only one cat was seen at the clinic in November, a distinguished older gray cat named Roxanne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the canine patients, Roxanne was seen inside the Vet SOS clinic van, where she was able to walk freely with her owner, Chandra Carol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carol has had Roxanne for nearly 12 years and has brought her to the clinic for the past seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200587\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roxanne, a 12-year-old cat owned by Chandra Carol, perches on the back of a car seat after her check up in the Vet S.O.S van. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne, a 12-year-old cat owned by Chandra Carol, perches on the back of a car seat after her checkup in the Vet SOS van. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Roxanne began growing a large cyst on her neck that became infected. Thanks to the Vet SOS staff, they were able to get Roxanne in for surgery to have it removed. Roxanne is now fully recovered and is a devoted patient of the clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so lucky,” Carol says. “The homeless people really need their pets. Having this just helps us out, makes us feel like good parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Burri, who has been volunteering with Vet S.O.S for ten years, puts pet supplies together for a client and her new six-week-old puppy Nuke. “You bond with the people and their animals,” say Burri. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Burri, who has been volunteering with Vet SOS for 10 years, puts pet supplies together for a client and her new 6-week-old puppy, Nuke. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Betty Burri has been volunteering with Vet SOS since the beginning 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You bond with the people and their animals,” Burri says. “A lot of people keep coming back, and they take care of their dogs so well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An average volunteer day at the clinic consists of setting up tables and boxes of supplies and preparing for the patients before they arrive. Once the clients have been checked in, they can come to the supply area and get whatever is needed for their pets. Boxes are loaded full of toys, collars and leashes. Alongside them, bags of food and animal treats of all varieties are stacked. There are even sweaters available for any four-legged patients that need help combating the cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200589\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Veterinarian Bianca Zampieri (left) checks the teeth King, a six-month old puppy, while veterinary technician Stacy Turner holds him. King was brought to the clinic by his owner Jernika Robinson in order to get his core shots done.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterinarian Bianca Zampieri (left) checks the teeth of King, a 6-month-old puppy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200651\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Zampieri prepares “core vaccines” for six-month-old King while he waits in her arms. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Zampieri prepares 'core vaccines' for 6-month-old King while he waits in her arms. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the new patients to Vet SOS last month was a 6-month-old puppy named King. His owner, Jernika Robinson, brought him in for his core puppy vaccines after discovering Vet SOS through an online search for vaccination clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200652\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Jernika Robinson hugs her dog King after his check up at the Vet S.O.S clinic in San Francisco, California. Robinson was relieved to have a clean bill of health for her puppy. “We do everything together.” Say Robinson as she hugs King. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jernika Robinson hugs her dog, King, after his checkup at the Vet SOS clinic. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After receiving a clean bill of health, Robinson was relieved to have King returned to her waiting arms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do everything together,\" says Robinson as she hugs him.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The saying \"dogs are a man's best friend\" is just a phrase, but to those living on the streets and battling housing insecurity, it can be the honest truth. For people who are contending with homelessness, their companion animals are the world to them. They are their family, their children and their sense of security. But getting proper medical care for their animals can often be even harder than getting it for themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfccc.org/veterinary-street-outreach-services-vetsos/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterinary Street Outreach Services\u003c/a> comes in. Vet SOS is a veterinary pop-up clinic run through the San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium's Street Outreach Services, and provides free veterinary care to the companion animals of San Francisco's homeless community. Founded 10 years ago by local veterinarian Ilana Strubel, the clinics happen 12 times a year. Each clinic is staffed entirely by volunteers, from the intake staff all the way to the veterinarians themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>November's clinic was held at Warm Water Cove Park in San Francisco, where 24 patients were seen. Eight of those patients were new to Vet SOS, but most of them were returning patients, including Gurrl and Scrappy, two 10-year-old pointers. Their owner, Frank, first brought Scrappy to the pop-up clinic six years ago. When he first lost his housing, Frank was living in a car with them and was in a bind for resources. He heard about the clinic through word of mouth from a friend and decided to give it a try.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200581\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200581\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gurrl (left) and Scrappy are both returning patients at Vet S.O.S. Their owner Frank first brought Scrappy to Vet S.O.S six years ago. When he first lost his housing Frank was living in a car with them and was in a bind for resources. He heard about the clinic through word of mouth from a friend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs01-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gurrl (left) and Scrappy after their checkups at the November Vet SOS clinic. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bianca Zampieri is one of three volunteer veterinarians working at the November pop-up at Warm Water Cove Park in San Francisco. Zampieri began working with the clinic as part of her internship after veterinary school. “I think it’s really great,” say Zampieri. She's very happy that she can do this as part of her internship process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200582\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200582\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Zampieri, is a veterinarian at SFVS, checks the breathing and heart rate of a 10-year-old Pointer named Scrappy. Zampieri began working with the clinic as part of her internship after veterinary school. “I think it’s really great,” say Zampieri.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Zampieri, a veterinarian at Vet SOS, checks the breathing and heart rate of a 10-year-old pointer named Scrappy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lawrence Gomez has had his 7-year-old pit bull, Diamond, since she was 1 year old. “She was the best gift I ever got in my life,” Gomez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200583\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200583\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Lawrence Gomez (left) strokes the head of his seven-year-old pit-bull, Diamond, when her paws are checked during the monthly Vet S.O.S clinic in San Francisco, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs06-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Gomez (left) strokes the head of his 7-year-old pit bull, Diamond, when her paws are checked during the monthly Vet SOS clinic in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"They take care of my dog,” Gomez says. “I wouldn’t take her anywhere else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gomez learned about Vet SOS during a Homeless Connect event he attended in San Francisco. “They treat her like she’s special,” says Gomez. “If this place ever went away, a lot of people would be lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200584\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200584\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Mariko Kawaguchi (left), a veterinary assistant, counts out medication for a patient while Jason Dutra, a veterinary technician, fills out the prescription. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs08-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mariko Kawaguchi (left), a veterinary assistant, counts out medication for a patient while Jason Dutra, a veterinary technician, fills out the prescription. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The locations of the clinics vary every month and so do the number of patients. On average, Vet SOS sees 41 new and returning clients at each clinic. However, October's clinic, which was held at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, saw a record high for the year with 86 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinics at the auditorium are always popular and busy, says Alana McGrath, an outreach worker with Street Outreach Services. McGrath says that Warm Water Cove Park is often a much quieter clinic location, and there are many clients who can go only there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200585\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200585\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Phil, a veterinarian working with Vet S.O.S checks out the hip and leg of a young pit bull named Jezzy. Phil has been working with the clinic for almost nine years. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs25-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Phil Durfee, a veterinarian working with Vet SOS, checks out the hip and leg of a young pit bull named Jezzy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While several of the volunteers at the clinic are new, there are many that have been working with the organization since the beginning. Dr. Phil Durfee has been volunteering his veterinary services for nearly nine years. After retiring from his veterinary practice and moving to San Francisco, Durfee became involved with the clinic thanks to one of the founding members, Ilana Strubel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200586\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11200586 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Chandra Carol (left) discusses her cat Roxanne’s symptoms to a vet at the clinic. Roxanne was the only cat seen that day, and unlike their canine patients, was seen inside the Vet S.O.S clinic van where she was able to walk freely inside with her owner. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs19-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chandra Carol (left) discusses her cat Roxanne’s symptoms with a vet at the clinic. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Vet SOS accepts all varieties of animals, only one cat was seen at the clinic in November, a distinguished older gray cat named Roxanne.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the canine patients, Roxanne was seen inside the Vet SOS clinic van, where she was able to walk freely with her owner, Chandra Carol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carol has had Roxanne for nearly 12 years and has brought her to the clinic for the past seven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200587\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200587\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Roxanne, a 12-year-old cat owned by Chandra Carol, perches on the back of a car seat after her check up in the Vet S.O.S van. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roxanne, a 12-year-old cat owned by Chandra Carol, perches on the back of a car seat after her checkup in the Vet SOS van. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, Roxanne began growing a large cyst on her neck that became infected. Thanks to the Vet SOS staff, they were able to get Roxanne in for surgery to have it removed. Roxanne is now fully recovered and is a devoted patient of the clinic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m so lucky,” Carol says. “The homeless people really need their pets. Having this just helps us out, makes us feel like good parents.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Betty Burri, who has been volunteering with Vet S.O.S for ten years, puts pet supplies together for a client and her new six-week-old puppy Nuke. “You bond with the people and their animals,” say Burri. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs22-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Betty Burri, who has been volunteering with Vet SOS for 10 years, puts pet supplies together for a client and her new 6-week-old puppy, Nuke. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Betty Burri has been volunteering with Vet SOS since the beginning 10 years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You bond with the people and their animals,” Burri says. “A lot of people keep coming back, and they take care of their dogs so well.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An average volunteer day at the clinic consists of setting up tables and boxes of supplies and preparing for the patients before they arrive. Once the clients have been checked in, they can come to the supply area and get whatever is needed for their pets. Boxes are loaded full of toys, collars and leashes. Alongside them, bags of food and animal treats of all varieties are stacked. There are even sweaters available for any four-legged patients that need help combating the cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200589\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200589\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Veterinarian Bianca Zampieri (left) checks the teeth King, a six-month old puppy, while veterinary technician Stacy Turner holds him. King was brought to the clinic by his owner Jernika Robinson in order to get his core shots done.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs12-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Veterinarian Bianca Zampieri (left) checks the teeth of King, a 6-month-old puppy. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200651\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Bianca Zampieri prepares “core vaccines” for six-month-old King while he waits in her arms. \" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-160x240.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-240x360.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-375x563.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs15-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bianca Zampieri prepares 'core vaccines' for 6-month-old King while he waits in her arms. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One of the new patients to Vet SOS last month was a 6-month-old puppy named King. His owner, Jernika Robinson, brought him in for his core puppy vaccines after discovering Vet SOS through an online search for vaccination clinics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200652\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200652\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161116_VetSOS_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\" Jernika Robinson hugs her dog King after his check up at the Vet S.O.S clinic in San Francisco, California. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. The report also states that CSU campuses need funding just to extend research on student homelessness and food insecurity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of those campuses, San Francisco State University (SFSU), has yet to directly address student displacement, despite an increasingly expensive housing market. The school \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/28/housing-shortage-for-college-students-in-san-francisco/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides housing for 4,000 of its nearly 30,000 students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Room and board cost between \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/forms/FeeSchedule.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$9,000 to $17,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a year to live on campus, while the median rent for a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-bedroom in San Francisco is close to $4,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a month. To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. The most prominent population they serve is the LGBTQ community.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Homeless youth are disproportionately students of color, queer and trans students,” said Vanessa Raditz, an instructor for Bridge Academy, a Larkin Street class for homeless youth who are preparing for college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209481\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11209481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school. \u003ccite>(Nailah Morgan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexis Moran, 25, is one of hundreds of LGBT displaced youth in San Francisco. She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. Also, only \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=mcnair\">12 percent of low-income students will graduate from college by the age of 24\u003c/a>, according to a report published last year\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though some may consider student loans a quick fix, Summers and Moran both decided they didn't want to go into debt. The average debt of San Francisco State University graduates \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015#overlay=posd/state_data/2015/ca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">was $22,441 in 2014\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. The report also states that CSU campuses need funding just to extend research on student homelessness and food insecurity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of those campuses, San Francisco State University (SFSU), has yet to directly address student displacement, despite an increasingly expensive housing market. The school \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/28/housing-shortage-for-college-students-in-san-francisco/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides housing for 4,000 of its nearly 30,000 students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Room and board cost between \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/forms/FeeSchedule.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$9,000 to $17,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a year to live on campus, while the median rent for a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-bedroom in San Francisco is close to $4,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a month. To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. The most prominent population they serve is the LGBTQ community.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Homeless youth are disproportionately students of color, queer and trans students,” said Vanessa Raditz, an instructor for Bridge Academy, a Larkin Street class for homeless youth who are preparing for college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209481\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11209481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school. \u003ccite>(Nailah Morgan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexis Moran, 25, is one of hundreds of LGBT displaced youth in San Francisco. She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. Also, only \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=mcnair\">12 percent of low-income students will graduate from college by the age of 24\u003c/a>, according to a report published last year\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though some may consider student loans a quick fix, Summers and Moran both decided they didn't want to go into debt. The average debt of San Francisco State University graduates \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015#overlay=posd/state_data/2015/ca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">was $22,441 in 2014\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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"content": "\u003cp>When most people think of affordable housing, images of faceless, cheap and ugly-looking concrete blocks tend to come most readily to mind. That’s partly why advocates and developers working on affordable housing projects for the homeless find new developments a hard sell with neighborhood homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But good design can do more than win over the neighbors. Good design can also help the formerly homeless heal, and the socially isolated build community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take\u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/archer-street/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Archer Studios\u003c/a> in North San Jose, a 42-unit development that rents studios for $250 to $830 a month, on a sliding scale. The structure stands in a neighborhood where comparable apartments rent for an average of $1,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Sheehan of \u003ca href=\"http://www.studioearchitects.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio E Architects\u003c/a> likes to think he’s designed something that looks like “a boutique hotel — definitely not an affordable apartment project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296716383″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archer Studios makes a compelling case for prioritizing a strong aesthetic sensibility when it comes to building homes for members of the formerly homeless community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huge windows in the lobby make the space feel wide open to the neighborhood. The polished concrete floor is stained a dark, warm grey. “Super easy to maintain and the high polish reflects light deep into the project,” says Sheehan, who adds that his aim is not just to create an attractive space, but also one that builds a sense of community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the atrium off the second floor elevator doesn’t just look pretty. The Adirondack chairs and sycamore trees scattered about the space invite residents to hang out and mingle, as well as invite over family and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Good design really solves a lot of problems,” says Dan Wu, who heads \u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charities Housing\u003c/a>, the non-profit developer that built and manages Archer Studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12447293 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='John Sheehan of Studio E Architects says attractive design \"endears\" residents to a building. \"People who have a warm, fuzzy feeling about where they live tend to take care of it better.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Sheehan of Studio E Architects says attractive design “endears” residents to a building. “People who have a warm, fuzzy feeling about where they live tend to take care of it better.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Peters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chartered by \u003ca href=\"http://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, Charities Housing runs a portfolio of properties throughout the South Bay to provide housing for people with disabilities, people on fixed incomes, and the formerly homeless. “Did we splurge on some of the landscape pots? Yeah!” says Wu. “But is it really kind of paying dividends for us? Absolutely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wu says Archer Studios cost $15 million to build, a figure comparable to similar projects in the South Bay. For example, he says\u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/parkside-studios/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Parkside Studios\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale, a 59-unit development completed in 2015, cost about $22.3 million. “The average cost per unit between the two projects was almost the same when you account for inflation,” Wu says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some design-forward projects in the region cost more than their bare-bones cousins, but Sheehan and Wu insist they have ways to keep the budget in check. “If we keep things really simple elsewhere, then there’s some budget to splurge in a few key spots,” Sheehan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wu points to another key aspect of the design. In an earlier Charities Housing micro-unit project, residents had to make do with a communal kitchen. At Archer, each 285 square foot unit includes a full kitchen. Wu says his organization learned that’s key to feeling like you live in a real home, not an institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12447107\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Estrella Sanchez has built a new life for herself at Archer Studios. The affordable housing complex rents her a micro-unit for $830 a month, but it also embraces her in a development designed to encourage healthy living and community building. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estrella Sanchez has built a new life for herself at Archer Studios. The affordable housing complex rents her a micro-unit for $830 a month. \u003ccite>(Photo: Daniel Garcia/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>69 year-old Archer Studios resident Estella Sanchez adores her kitchen, because she loves to cook real food. “Not TV dinner food,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez has lived at Archer Studios for two and a half years. Before that, she was on a waiting list for affordable housing, because her former landlord was raising the rent. “It was up to $1,700. I had nowhere to go,” Sanchez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not in this rental market. Not on social security. Sanchez was homeless for 90 days in San Jose, living in her Subaru Legacy. “It gets cold out there,” Sanchez says. “Nobody really wants to help you. Nobody wants to get involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does Sanchez notice design elements like the basalt fountain burbling over a bed of blue glass pebbles in Archer Studios’ atrium? She chuckles at the question. “I’m happy to have a warm, safe, clean place to live,” Sanchez says. “I’m just happy to be off the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12447108\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23175_KQED_Jerry_0020_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"67 year-old Jerry Robb and his wife got accepted into a unit at Archer Studios just in the nick of time, as their previous landlord was fixing to double his rent to $2,000 a month. 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That’s even though the electricity went out, the water went cold, and drug addicts prowled around his apartment. \u003ccite>(Photo: Daniel Garcia/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to underestimate how important safety is to residents. 67 year-old Jerry Robb used to live in a sketchy stretch of South San Jose, just off Senter Road.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Safety is topmost in Robb’s mind. He loves that people have to punch in a code to get in the front door. “You haven’t got people prowling around your door at 2, 3 o’ clock in the morning,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of the building’s sleek look, Charities Housing didn’t have to fight to win over neighbors to the idea of Archer Studios. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When most people think of affordable housing, images of faceless, cheap and ugly-looking concrete blocks tend to come most readily to mind. That’s partly why advocates and developers working on affordable housing projects for the homeless find new developments a hard sell with neighborhood homeowners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But good design can do more than win over the neighbors. Good design can also help the formerly homeless heal, and the socially isolated build community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Take\u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/archer-street/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Archer Studios\u003c/a> in North San Jose, a 42-unit development that rents studios for $250 to $830 a month, on a sliding scale. The structure stands in a neighborhood where comparable apartments rent for an average of $1,500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Sheehan of \u003ca href=\"http://www.studioearchitects.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Studio E Architects\u003c/a> likes to think he’s designed something that looks like “a boutique hotel — definitely not an affordable apartment project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296716383″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296716383″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Archer Studios makes a compelling case for prioritizing a strong aesthetic sensibility when it comes to building homes for members of the formerly homeless community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Huge windows in the lobby make the space feel wide open to the neighborhood. The polished concrete floor is stained a dark, warm grey. “Super easy to maintain and the high polish reflects light deep into the project,” says Sheehan, who adds that his aim is not just to create an attractive space, but also one that builds a sense of community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As such, the atrium off the second floor elevator doesn’t just look pretty. The Adirondack chairs and sycamore trees scattered about the space invite residents to hang out and mingle, as well as invite over family and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Good design really solves a lot of problems,” says Dan Wu, who heads \u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/about-us/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charities Housing\u003c/a>, the non-profit developer that built and manages Archer Studios.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447293\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12447293 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt='John Sheehan of Studio E Architects says attractive design \"endears\" residents to a building. \"People who have a warm, fuzzy feeling about where they live tend to take care of it better.\"' width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-960x541.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23179_Archer1-001-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Sheehan of Studio E Architects says attractive design “endears” residents to a building. “People who have a warm, fuzzy feeling about where they live tend to take care of it better.” \u003ccite>(Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Peters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chartered by \u003ca href=\"http://www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, Charities Housing runs a portfolio of properties throughout the South Bay to provide housing for people with disabilities, people on fixed incomes, and the formerly homeless. “Did we splurge on some of the landscape pots? Yeah!” says Wu. “But is it really kind of paying dividends for us? Absolutely.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wu says Archer Studios cost $15 million to build, a figure comparable to similar projects in the South Bay. For example, he says\u003ca href=\"http://charitieshousing.org/parkside-studios/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Parkside Studios\u003c/a> in Sunnyvale, a 59-unit development completed in 2015, cost about $22.3 million. “The average cost per unit between the two projects was almost the same when you account for inflation,” Wu says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some design-forward projects in the region cost more than their bare-bones cousins, but Sheehan and Wu insist they have ways to keep the budget in check. “If we keep things really simple elsewhere, then there’s some budget to splurge in a few key spots,” Sheehan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wu points to another key aspect of the design. In an earlier Charities Housing micro-unit project, residents had to make do with a communal kitchen. At Archer, each 285 square foot unit includes a full kitchen. Wu says his organization learned that’s key to feeling like you live in a real home, not an institution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12447107\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Estrella Sanchez has built a new life for herself at Archer Studios. The affordable housing complex rents her a micro-unit for $830 a month, but it also embraces her in a development designed to encourage healthy living and community building. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23176_KWED_Estella_0037_16x9-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Estrella Sanchez has built a new life for herself at Archer Studios. The affordable housing complex rents her a micro-unit for $830 a month. \u003ccite>(Photo: Daniel Garcia/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>69 year-old Archer Studios resident Estella Sanchez adores her kitchen, because she loves to cook real food. “Not TV dinner food,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sanchez has lived at Archer Studios for two and a half years. Before that, she was on a waiting list for affordable housing, because her former landlord was raising the rent. “It was up to $1,700. I had nowhere to go,” Sanchez says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not in this rental market. Not on social security. Sanchez was homeless for 90 days in San Jose, living in her Subaru Legacy. “It gets cold out there,” Sanchez says. “Nobody really wants to help you. Nobody wants to get involved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Does Sanchez notice design elements like the basalt fountain burbling over a bed of blue glass pebbles in Archer Studios’ atrium? She chuckles at the question. “I’m happy to have a warm, safe, clean place to live,” Sanchez says. “I’m just happy to be off the street.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12447108\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12447108\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/12/RS23175_KQED_Jerry_0020_16x9-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"67 year-old Jerry Robb and his wife got accepted into a unit at Archer Studios just in the nick of time, as their previous landlord was fixing to double his rent to $2,000 a month. 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