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"content": "\u003cp>About a third of the nation’s homeless youth live in California. The state has lured runaways looking for sunny skies and progressive values since the early ’60s. A lot of kids are fleeing abusive homes or conservative pockets of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Tyler Cook was growing up in rural Ohio, he idealized San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like my haven in my head,” says Cook, 24. “I just knew they had this really high population of homosexuals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About half of the youth who are homeless in San Francisco identify as LGBTQ. 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Like ever in my life.’\u003ccite>Tyler Cook, San Francisco youth\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“They use the word like ‘fag’ like a lot to describe just about everything,” Cook recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678230\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678230 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cook family reunion in 2015 at Creekside Park in Gahanna, Ohio.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says he didn’t know what to do when he started crushing out on boys in middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of my other siblings think like this,” Cook says. “Like why do I have these thoughts? 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He toiled for a few more years in Ohio, but one morning when he was 21 he posted a message on Facebook to see if he had any friends in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cook immediately received a message from an older guy he met online who offered to rent a room to him, fly him to the Bay Area and help Cook find a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks later, he landed in San Francisco and quickly found a job at the Amoura Cafe inside the Westfield Centre downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s my house! Like my rules. It’s my place. I didn’t think I’d ever have one of those.’\u003ccite>Tyler Cook, San Francisco youth\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, living with a man he hardly knew was awkward. The relationship wasn’t explicitly sexual, but Cook sensed there could be strings attached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m like, I’ve had enough of that in my life,” Cook recalls saying to himself. “Thank you. 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Cook regularly stopped by the facility’s clinic to help him manage his HIV. When he suddenly found himself without a home, he turned to Larkin for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization gave him a voucher for a sketchy hotel for a few nights. Then they found him a bed in a facility for people with HIV. And now they’re subsidizing his rent in a residential hotel room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the way, Cook’s case manager suggested he go back to school. Cook mentioned that he had a green thumb and used to spend hours in the garden as a kid, but he cringed at the idea of returning to a farm. His case manager suggested genetic engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It never really occurred to me that like, I could go do that!” Cook exclaims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He enrolled in college prep courses at Larkin, which walked him through the steps to apply for financial aid. Eventually, he was accepted at City College of San Francisco. He recently finished his spring semester with a 3.8 GPA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a few years, he hopes to transfer to UC Berkeley, where he plans to complete a Ph.D.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678229\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 720px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11678229\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938.jpg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/FB_IMG_1530299482938-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyler Cook is a 24-year-old living in a single occupancy room in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Sebastian Guzman)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Danger Still Lurks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s hard to imagine how his lofty goals could unfold from where he currently lives in the Tenderloin. As he walks to his front door, he has to step around two people injecting heroin and another man huddled over a crack pipe. But when he arrives at his building he proudly looks up at his barred window.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s my house!” Cook exclaims. “Like my rules. It’s my place. I didn’t think I’d ever have one of those.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He looks forward to the day when he’s paying the rent on his own again. For now, he’s managing his HIV successfully, he’s on a career track and he’s proud to be gay. All of which impresses his family. He says both his siblings and his mom are proud of him for moving West and dreaming bigger.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>About a third of the nation’s homeless youth live in California. The state has lured runaways looking for sunny skies and progressive values since the early ’60s. A lot of kids are fleeing abusive homes or conservative pockets of the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>When Tyler Cook was growing up in rural Ohio, he idealized San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was like my haven in my head,” says Cook, 24. “I just knew they had this really high population of homosexuals.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About half of the youth who are homeless in San Francisco identify as LGBTQ. For most of these kids the sidewalk is a safer place to sleep at night than the homes they fled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Only Gay Kid\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Cook reflects back on his childhood, his freckled cheeks flush and his palms begin to sweat. He nervously fidgets and starts talking faster. Cook is the second youngest of nine children. He says his family members slung around homophobic slurs all the time on their farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘I didn’t imagine myself as homeless ever. Like ever in my life.’\u003ccite>Tyler Cook, San Francisco youth\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“They use the word like ‘fag’ like a lot to describe just about everything,” Cook recalls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678230\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 691px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678230 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240.jpg 691w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-240x156.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-375x243.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/unnamed-e1530302314240-520x337.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Cook family reunion in 2015 at Creekside Park in Gahanna, Ohio.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He says he didn’t know what to do when he started crushing out on boys in middle school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“None of my other siblings think like this,” Cook says. “Like why do I have these thoughts? Like why does this enter my head?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The longer he stuffed his feelings, the darker his depression became. Eventually the chubby teen began isolating himself and cutting his arms and legs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Broken Bones\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pain he was feeling on the inside was compounded by the chaos around him. Cook’s stepdad Jeff was a drug addict who often came home in a rage, beating the youngest children until their bones broke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cook was 14 years old, he moved out and dropped out of school. He crashed on his older sister’s couch and started washing dishes at a barbecue restaurant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 951px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11678235 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"951\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777.jpg 951w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777-800x538.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777-375x252.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/tyler-at-City-BBQ-e1530303315777-520x349.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">19-year-old Tyler Cook making cakes at City Barbecue in Gahanna, Ohio.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He stayed in the closet for three more years, and then late one night he made a pact with himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re going to accept me,” he affirmed. “If they’re not, they’re not.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was both surprised and disoriented by his family’s reaction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My mom said, ‘Oh we knew, honey.’ And I’m like, ‘That’s years of emotional abuse to myself that you could have helped me through with that one statement.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When his mother asked him not to kiss boys in front of her, he obliged, but the comment sliced deep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Never Imagined Myself as Homeless\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Cook was 18, during his very first sexual experience, he contracted HIV. He toiled for a few more years in Ohio, but one morning when he was 21 he posted a message on Facebook to see if he had any friends in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cook immediately received a message from an older guy he met online who offered to rent a room to him, fly him to the Bay Area and help Cook find a job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two weeks later, he landed in San Francisco and quickly found a job at the Amoura Cafe inside the Westfield Centre downtown.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘It’s my house! Like my rules. It’s my place. I didn’t think I’d ever have one of those.’\u003ccite>Tyler Cook, San Francisco youth\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, living with a man he hardly knew was awkward. The relationship wasn’t explicitly sexual, but Cook sensed there could be strings attached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m like, I’ve had enough of that in my life,” Cook recalls saying to himself. “Thank you. I’m going to do me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately, Cook found another temporary couch at a friend’s house, but when the Westfield Centre raised rent by 25 percent, the Amoura Cafe closed its doors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically no job,” Cook says. “No place to go. We are back to square one now right here in San Francisco. I didn’t imagine myself as homeless ever. 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Cook regularly stopped by the facility’s clinic to help him manage his HIV. When he suddenly found himself without a home, he turned to Larkin for help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The organization gave him a voucher for a sketchy hotel for a few nights. Then they found him a bed in a facility for people with HIV. And now they’re subsidizing his rent in a residential hotel room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along the way, Cook’s case manager suggested he go back to school. Cook mentioned that he had a green thumb and used to spend hours in the garden as a kid, but he cringed at the idea of returning to a farm. His case manager suggested genetic engineering.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It never really occurred to me that like, I could go do that!” Cook exclaims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He enrolled in college prep courses at Larkin, which walked him through the steps to apply for financial aid. Eventually, he was accepted at City College of San Francisco. 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"content": "\u003cp>California is struggling to confront its homelessness crisis: After big-city mayors up and down the state lobbied hard for more funding, state leaders agreed to spend \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an additional $600 million\u003c/a> to help fight the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here are some basic numbers to help understand one of the state’s most vexing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>How many Californians are homeless now, and how has that changed over time?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>While it’s tough to say precisely how many Californians are experiencing homelessness, the federal Housing and Urban Development Department estimates the number statewide at 130,000 on a given night. That’s 25 percent of the entire nation’s homeless population. Since 2016, California experienced a larger increase in homelessness than any other state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11678211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"1245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca.jpg 858w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-800x1161.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-827x1200.jpg 827w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-240x348.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-375x544.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-520x755.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our state has more than 1.7 million low-income households spending more than half their income in housing costs,” said Ben Metcalf, the director of the state Department of Housing and Community Development. “When you’re paying that much for housing, with so little left over, even a minor shock can start a cycle of homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has the highest percentage of unsheltered homeless individuals in the country, at slightly under 70 percent. This means that the vast majority of the state’s homeless population does not utilize temporary living arrangements provided by either charitable organizations or government programs. Rather, they have been found living on the streets, parks or other places not meant for human habitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of shelters is due to a lack of resources, and we don’t really have a plan to end homelessness,” said Christopher Martin, legislative advocate at Housing California. “We don’t have strong programs to end homelessness on the state level. We know the shelters are a part of the solution, but at the end of the day, we know that we need exits for the shelters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11678213\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1020x1409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1020x1409.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-160x221.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-800x1105.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-868x1200.jpg 868w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1920x2653.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1180x1631.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-960x1327.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-240x332.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-375x518.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-520x719.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Where are California’s homeless?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>In 2017, Los Angeles County had the highest population of homeless individuals in all of California at roughly 55,000, and was second only to New York for holding the largest population of homeless people in the nation. And while 95 percent of New York’s homeless population was sheltered, only 25 percent of those in Los Angeles were sheltered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mlevin.carto.com/viz/5de66644-2d9d-4526-b6ac-c97c87416da0/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the positive side, 2018 marked the first time in four years the homelessness count in Los Angeles actually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that this decrease was driven by \u003ca href=\"https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/learning/history-and-takeaways-from-los-angeles-county-s-flexible-house-subsidy-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles’s $40 million Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool\u003c/a>, which provides rental subsidies to local residents experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who are the state’s homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The majority of California’s unsheltered homeless population is chronically homeless, meaning that they have been homeless for a year or more or have experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. Chronically homeless individuals are marked by serious mental or physical illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California comprises 12 percent of the nation’s population of homeless families with children. From 2016 to 2017, the state experienced one of the largest increases of homeless families in the nation, leaving 1,000 more families on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of homeless families, California also reported the largest number of unaccompanied homeless youth, which includes any individual under the age of 25 who does not live with a family member. Overall, 58 percent of the nation’s unsheltered homeless youth reside in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also home to 29 percent of the nation’s homeless veterans, and two-thirds of them are unsheltered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California is struggling to confront its homelessness crisis: After big-city mayors up and down the state lobbied hard for more funding, state leaders agreed to spend \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/FullBudgetSummary.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an additional $600 million\u003c/a> to help fight the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here are some basic numbers to help understand one of the state’s most vexing issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>How many Californians are homeless now, and how has that changed over time?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>While it’s tough to say precisely how many Californians are experiencing homelessness, the federal Housing and Urban Development Department estimates the number statewide at 130,000 on a given night. That’s 25 percent of the entire nation’s homeless population. Since 2016, California experienced a larger increase in homelessness than any other state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11678211\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"858\" height=\"1245\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca.jpg 858w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-160x232.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-800x1161.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-827x1200.jpg 827w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-240x348.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-375x544.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/shelters-vs-unsheltered-homeless-in-ca-520x755.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our state has more than 1.7 million low-income households spending more than half their income in housing costs,” said Ben Metcalf, the director of the state Department of Housing and Community Development. “When you’re paying that much for housing, with so little left over, even a minor shock can start a cycle of homelessness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has the highest percentage of unsheltered homeless individuals in the country, at slightly under 70 percent. This means that the vast majority of the state’s homeless population does not utilize temporary living arrangements provided by either charitable organizations or government programs. Rather, they have been found living on the streets, parks or other places not meant for human habitation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The lack of shelters is due to a lack of resources, and we don’t really have a plan to end homelessness,” said Christopher Martin, legislative advocate at Housing California. “We don’t have strong programs to end homelessness on the state level. We know the shelters are a part of the solution, but at the end of the day, we know that we need exits for the shelters.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11678213\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1020x1409.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1020x1409.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-160x221.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-800x1105.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-868x1200.jpg 868w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1920x2653.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-1180x1631.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-960x1327.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-240x332.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-375x518.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/homelessness-in-5-most-populous-states-520x719.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Where are California’s homeless?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>In 2017, Los Angeles County had the highest population of homeless individuals in all of California at roughly 55,000, and was second only to New York for holding the largest population of homeless people in the nation. And while 95 percent of New York’s homeless population was sheltered, only 25 percent of those in Los Angeles were sheltered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"520\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mlevin.carto.com/viz/5de66644-2d9d-4526-b6ac-c97c87416da0/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the positive side, 2018 marked the first time in four years the homelessness count in Los Angeles actually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that this decrease was driven by \u003ca href=\"https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/learning/history-and-takeaways-from-los-angeles-county-s-flexible-house-subsidy-pool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles’s $40 million Flexible Housing Subsidy Pool\u003c/a>, which provides rental subsidies to local residents experiencing homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Who are the state’s homeless?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The majority of California’s unsheltered homeless population is chronically homeless, meaning that they have been homeless for a year or more or have experienced at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years. Chronically homeless individuals are marked by serious mental or physical illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California comprises 12 percent of the nation’s population of homeless families with children. From 2016 to 2017, the state experienced one of the largest increases of homeless families in the nation, leaving 1,000 more families on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of homeless families, California also reported the largest number of unaccompanied homeless youth, which includes any individual under the age of 25 who does not live with a family member. Overall, 58 percent of the nation’s unsheltered homeless youth reside in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is also home to 29 percent of the nation’s homeless veterans, and two-thirds of them are unsheltered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The recently signed California state budget includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-state-budget-deal-20180608-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$500 million\u003c/a> in one-time money to help cities address homelessness. The money will be split between local organizations that help the homeless as well as cities with more than 330,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sacramento \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Darrell Steinberg\u003c/a> serves as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CABig11/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chairman of the Big 11 Mayors,\u003c/a> a coalition representing the state's largest cities. He said the money will be crucial for programs to fight homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every major California city has seen these dramatic increases [in homelessness],\" he said. \"And while at the local level we are all putting together resources, either through ballot measures, our cities' general fund, [or] our work with our respective counties, the fact of the matter is we need more capacity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678085/sacramento-mayor-darrell-steinberg-on-his-reforms-to-californias-initiative-system-and-addressing-homelessness-locally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on His Reforms to California's Initiative System and Addressing Homelessness Locally\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Steinberg said there's an especially acute need for \u003ca href=\"https://www.shra.org/emergency-housing-and-other-homeless-resources/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency housing\u003c/a>, the place people stay between leaving the streets and settling into a permanent home. The money can also be used for early intervention and other steps to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know in Sacramento we are going to put as much focus on those who are not yet homeless but will be if we don't have a robust rental assistance program,\" he said, \"and if we don't intervene at the right time to help them avoid the shelter and ultimately the streets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinberg's goal is to get 2,000 people off the streets in Sacramento. The other cities receiving money include San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Oakland, Fresno, Bakersfield, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim and San Jose. It's estimated there are about 135,000 homeless people living in California.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The recently signed California state budget includes \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-state-budget-deal-20180608-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$500 million\u003c/a> in one-time money to help cities address homelessness. The money will be split between local organizations that help the homeless as well as cities with more than 330,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Sacramento \u003ca href=\"http://www.cityofsacramento.org/mayor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Darrell Steinberg\u003c/a> serves as \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/CABig11/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chairman of the Big 11 Mayors,\u003c/a> a coalition representing the state's largest cities. He said the money will be crucial for programs to fight homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Every major California city has seen these dramatic increases [in homelessness],\" he said. \"And while at the local level we are all putting together resources, either through ballot measures, our cities' general fund, [or] our work with our respective counties, the fact of the matter is we need more capacity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11678085/sacramento-mayor-darrell-steinberg-on-his-reforms-to-californias-initiative-system-and-addressing-homelessness-locally\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg on His Reforms to California's Initiative System and Addressing Homelessness Locally\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Steinberg said there's an especially acute need for \u003ca href=\"https://www.shra.org/emergency-housing-and-other-homeless-resources/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emergency housing\u003c/a>, the place people stay between leaving the streets and settling into a permanent home. The money can also be used for early intervention and other steps to prevent homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I know in Sacramento we are going to put as much focus on those who are not yet homeless but will be if we don't have a robust rental assistance program,\" he said, \"and if we don't intervene at the right time to help them avoid the shelter and ultimately the streets.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10883194\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/25168134291_9e9008d5be_o-1-e1530171703254.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10883194\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/03/25168134291_9e9008d5be_o-1-800x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"640\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster lived in early 2016 on Division Street between Harrison and Bryant streets. He was from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was still a legend among high school classmates as the football star who led his team to an undefeated season and a state championship. Foster died of a heroin overdose on April 11, 2018. \u003ccite>(Dan Brekke/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]A[/dropcap] couple months back, I got a heads-up: A man I’d interviewed in early 2016 about his experiences living in a tent on San Francisco’s Division Street had died, possibly of a drug overdose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The man was Perry Foster, a Michigan native who’d lived on the streets or in other extreme circumstances in the city since 2008. His forthrightness and willingness to share his thoughts with a complete stranger made an impression. A few days after we talked, I edited the audio, wrote \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/10883192/life-on-division-street-i-never-thought-it-would-be-part-of-my-walk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a short piece\u003c/a> describing our meeting, and posted it. Perry and I didn’t cross paths again.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>Listen to this story on KQED’s The Bay podcast\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11677840/man-on-the-street-a-story-of-homelessness-in-san-francisco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man on the Street: A Story of Homelessness in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The alert I got in April didn’t come with a lot of details. But the city’s medical examiner confirmed that a Perry Foster — also known as Parree Foster — was among the recently deceased the office had processed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My first impulse was to write something quick: Here’s a man we told you about some time back, a man who spoke with some eloquence about homelessness in San Francisco, a man who has now lost his life on the street. He was 48 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there was more to Perry’s story than that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a previous life, he had been regarded as a football prodigy in his native Michigan. After his death, I heard from several people who, though they hadn’t seen Perry in decades, still spoke in awestruck terms about his talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, as a senior running back and defensive back at Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School, he led his team to a state championship. He played for two years at Eastern Michigan University. He starred there, too, stirring talk of a possible professional career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Foster failed academically. He vanished from football and his old teammates’ lives after that second year in college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 672px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11678096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster’s entry in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame directory.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ootball skill was just part of what made Perry stand out, though. Those who knew him as a young man also remember him as a leader, charismatic and generous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave an aura of special talent that people were drawn to,” said Jim Galvin, who coached Foster at Catholic Central. “… For all the accolades he received, and all the honors — two-time All-State, All Area, et cetera — he was the type of guy who would come back after a run and compliment an offensive lineman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Passinault quarterbacked the 1987 Catholic Central team and said Perry “had very, very special gifts both physically and to connect with other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But neither Galvin nor Passinault — or anyone else on the 1987 team — knew before Perry’s death what had become of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Passinault, now a physician in Grand Rapids, wrote a eulogy for Perry’s memorial in late April:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Perry Foster\u003c/strong> was everything that we were, embodied in Scuba gloves, form-fitting No. 22 jersey, tightly kept fade, one lone towel giving defenders a hope of grabbing something, anything, that made them feel like they could tackle him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He was fast,\u003c/strong> he was proud, he was confident, he was tough, he was Perry. He never apologized for any of it. He was what we were, but he was just better at it than the rest of us were. He knew it and we knew it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nobody has ever\u003c/strong> uttered the words: “Perry was OK.” The phrases were: “Perry is amazing.” “Perry is the best I have ever seen.” “We have to stop Perry.” “Perry is killing us.” …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>… These words\u003c/strong> would be worthless tripe if not matched with the recognition of the glaring pain and struggle that Perry Foster lived in his life. I cannot for a moment, understand the pain and fear that came with his life on Earth, especially in his last years. I do not know how to reconcile the Perry in my memory, with the Perry in the interview as a homeless man in San Francisco. That is our struggle today. May each of us never forget what true excellence feels like, remember who singularly embodied that excellence, and lead compassionate and purpose-driven lives that embrace what we knew and what we know about our brother, Perry Foster.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat happened? Here’s what I can piece together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry was born in 1970. His mother died when he was 3 or 4 years old. His father, Robert Foster, raised him, an older sister and an older brother on his own. He coached Perry and his brother, Bobby, for years in a youth football league. He said he watched Perry grow from a smart, determined but slow player into the defensive and offensive star he became in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’d have tackles, he’d have fumble recoveries, he’d have kickoff and punt returns — he’d do it all,” Robert Foster said in an interview. “… He just got better, faster, stronger. And his will to win was always there, but it just took over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Foster said he felt something was amiss with Perry as he finished high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I think he was doing drugs or something by that time — he was doing something he shouldn’t have been doing because he wasn’t acting right anymore,” Foster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One result was that his son lost a scholarship to play football at the University of Michigan. The offer was withdrawn, Robert Foster said, because Perry had gotten into a serious fight at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michigan said it might reconsider, Foster said, if his son attended the university for a semester on a non-scholarship basis to show he could handle what was required of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Well, I got to get Perry off the streets. He can’t last a semester,’ ” Foster said. So instead, Perry went to Eastern Michigan, where his older brother, Bobby, was a starting running back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But within two years — 1990 — both sons were out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobby Foster said in answer to questions on Facebook that while he can’t account for what happened to his brother, “Peer pressure led me into a way of life that was fueled by women, drugs, alcohol and partying. I lost myself, didn’t know who I was anymore and I ran out of gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Foster said he had found it increasingly difficult to reach Perry by this time, recounting an exchange with his son:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Perry, God gave you a talent. You got to use that in the right way to get to where you want to go.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘I made these legs! I did this!’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Whoa! Whoa! Let me step back from you because lightning going to strike in a minute.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne other development widened the breach between Robert Foster and his son: Perry came out as gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Foster, a former tool-and-die maker who went back to school to earn degrees in biblical studies and counseling, said, “I could accept Perry as Perry but not as Perry gay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He adds that he and his son “butted heads” over the issue and that it became something that kept them apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry Foster’s timeline becomes a little hazy at this point. He spent time in Atlanta, where his older sister went to college. He spent time in Chicago and Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Passinault, the Grand Rapids Catholic Central quarterback, said he ran into Perry once, maybe 10 years ago, waiting tables in Saugatuck, a town on Lake Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I gave him a big, long hug and asked him, ‘How’s it going? What are you up to?’ ” Passinault said. “He just always had a story about why he was where he was and what was waiting for him next.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome time in 2008, Perry arrived in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show that over the next decade, he was arrested several times (typically on charges related to theft or drugs), jailed, shot, stabbed, placed into transitional housing in Tenderloin hotels at least twice, evicted, beaten and hospitalized repeatedly. Eventually he started living in a tent on the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to listen to those who encountered him during this journey, the charisma his high school teammates remember was intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maraea Master, who runs a program for homeless at-risk students at City College, got to know Perry during the two years she worked on San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perry had this manner about himself where it was like, ‘Yes, I live in this tent,’ but he really kept some sort of elegance to himself. He didn’t allow things to get dictated to him and how he should be looking and how he should be treated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Master said that like many, many others living on the streets, Perry suffered from a wide range of physical ailments, mental illness and substance abuse. Sometimes it was not easy to help him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would take a long time to put his meds in medi-sets (pill organizers) to make sure he would take them,” Master said. “And then like a week later I would be in someone else’s tent and I’ll see his medicine and I’ll be like, ‘God damn it, this is Perry’s medication! Why is it in here?’ And I’m just like, ‘Agghhh!’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Master said Perry challenged police officers and Public Works employees sent to get him to move about their authority to do so — what some homeless outreach workers would term “a hard case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he was vulnerable to the dangers of the streets, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678109\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11678109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-160x135.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-240x203.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-375x317.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-520x440.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster in pictures posted to Facebook after being dragged from his tent and beaten in September 2017.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last September, he was dragged from his tent and beaten and landed back in the hospital with facial fractures. He posted pictures to Facebook. One of those who responded was his brother, Bobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come home man and stop risking your life out there,” he wrote. “How many times have you been attacked? What’s it going to take before you realize you are so much better than that? You think you’re scared? It’s time for you to honestly assess your situation and make a sound judgment. Do you want to live or die? You are a cat that is running out of lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry dismissed his brother’s concern as “talkshow bullshit. … Shitte (sic) and life happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Perry’s friends, a man named Memphis whom I met outside his tent on South Van Ness Avenue, said Perry was afraid of conditions on the street and had been thinking about returning to Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was actually making plans to go home,” Memphis said. “And I told him he should go home months ago. But he said he needed to do something here first, let go of some things first, and then go home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was that thing he needed to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry had talked about wanting to help people on the street, to give them a voice. His father, Robert Foster, said he told his son he needed to attend to his own needs first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told him, ‘Perry, the best way you can help anybody is to show them how to get out, show ‘em how to do better, by you getting out and doing better and then going back and helping people,'” Foster said. “‘You can’t help ’em where you at, because you in the same condition they in.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said Perry talked about coming home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But he wanted a round-trip ticket,” Foster said. “What you going to do with a round-trip ticket? You want to go back to hell? If you get out of hell, you want to go back?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 11, about a week after he’d been kicked out of an apartment where he’d been crashing with a friend, Perry died. The San Francisco medical examiner’s office has not issued a final cause of death, but Robert Foster said hospital officials told him Perry had died of a heroin overdose. City emergency response reports suggest that he died near Bryant and Division streets, just feet from where I met him two years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she heard the news, Maraea Master, the former Homeless Outreach Team member, agonized over the circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Was Perry alone?” she asked herself. “Where was his help? Did he have anyone that was there visiting him regularly? Did anybody keep any of the things he wrote? Does he have any family anywhere? All of these things came up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Don’t get me wrong — there’s a couple of Perrys to me out there. But I feel like his story is really important. … The world is really kind of missing something without him here — that guy who lived in that tent.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a previous life, he had been regarded as a football prodigy in his native Michigan. After his death, I heard from several people who, though they hadn’t seen Perry in decades, still spoke in awestruck terms about his talents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 1987, as a senior running back and defensive back at Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School, he led his team to a state championship. He played for two years at Eastern Michigan University. He starred there, too, stirring talk of a possible professional career.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Foster failed academically. He vanished from football and his old teammates’ lives after that second year in college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678096\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 672px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11678096\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"672\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059.jpg 672w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Foster-Perry059-520x344.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster’s entry in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame directory.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">F\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ootball skill was just part of what made Perry stand out, though. Those who knew him as a young man also remember him as a leader, charismatic and generous.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He gave an aura of special talent that people were drawn to,” said Jim Galvin, who coached Foster at Catholic Central. “… For all the accolades he received, and all the honors — two-time All-State, All Area, et cetera — he was the type of guy who would come back after a run and compliment an offensive lineman.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Passinault quarterbacked the 1987 Catholic Central team and said Perry “had very, very special gifts both physically and to connect with other people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But neither Galvin nor Passinault — or anyone else on the 1987 team — knew before Perry’s death what had become of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Passinault, now a physician in Grand Rapids, wrote a eulogy for Perry’s memorial in late April:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Perry Foster\u003c/strong> was everything that we were, embodied in Scuba gloves, form-fitting No. 22 jersey, tightly kept fade, one lone towel giving defenders a hope of grabbing something, anything, that made them feel like they could tackle him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He was fast,\u003c/strong> he was proud, he was confident, he was tough, he was Perry. He never apologized for any of it. He was what we were, but he was just better at it than the rest of us were. He knew it and we knew it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nobody has ever\u003c/strong> uttered the words: “Perry was OK.” The phrases were: “Perry is amazing.” “Perry is the best I have ever seen.” “We have to stop Perry.” “Perry is killing us.” …\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>… These words\u003c/strong> would be worthless tripe if not matched with the recognition of the glaring pain and struggle that Perry Foster lived in his life. I cannot for a moment, understand the pain and fear that came with his life on Earth, especially in his last years. I do not know how to reconcile the Perry in my memory, with the Perry in the interview as a homeless man in San Francisco. That is our struggle today. May each of us never forget what true excellence feels like, remember who singularly embodied that excellence, and lead compassionate and purpose-driven lives that embrace what we knew and what we know about our brother, Perry Foster.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">W\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>hat happened? Here’s what I can piece together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry was born in 1970. His mother died when he was 3 or 4 years old. His father, Robert Foster, raised him, an older sister and an older brother on his own. He coached Perry and his brother, Bobby, for years in a youth football league. He said he watched Perry grow from a smart, determined but slow player into the defensive and offensive star he became in high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’d have tackles, he’d have fumble recoveries, he’d have kickoff and punt returns — he’d do it all,” Robert Foster said in an interview. “… He just got better, faster, stronger. And his will to win was always there, but it just took over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Foster said he felt something was amiss with Perry as he finished high school.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I think he was doing drugs or something by that time — he was doing something he shouldn’t have been doing because he wasn’t acting right anymore,” Foster said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One result was that his son lost a scholarship to play football at the University of Michigan. The offer was withdrawn, Robert Foster said, because Perry had gotten into a serious fight at school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michigan said it might reconsider, Foster said, if his son attended the university for a semester on a non-scholarship basis to show he could handle what was required of him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Well, I got to get Perry off the streets. He can’t last a semester,’ ” Foster said. So instead, Perry went to Eastern Michigan, where his older brother, Bobby, was a starting running back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But within two years — 1990 — both sons were out of school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bobby Foster said in answer to questions on Facebook that while he can’t account for what happened to his brother, “Peer pressure led me into a way of life that was fueled by women, drugs, alcohol and partying. I lost myself, didn’t know who I was anymore and I ran out of gas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Foster said he had found it increasingly difficult to reach Perry by this time, recounting an exchange with his son:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I said, ‘Perry, God gave you a talent. You got to use that in the right way to get to where you want to go.’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘I made these legs! I did this!’\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>‘Whoa! Whoa! Let me step back from you because lightning going to strike in a minute.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">O\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ne other development widened the breach between Robert Foster and his son: Perry came out as gay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Robert Foster, a former tool-and-die maker who went back to school to earn degrees in biblical studies and counseling, said, “I could accept Perry as Perry but not as Perry gay.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He adds that he and his son “butted heads” over the issue and that it became something that kept them apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry Foster’s timeline becomes a little hazy at this point. He spent time in Atlanta, where his older sister went to college. He spent time in Chicago and Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jim Passinault, the Grand Rapids Catholic Central quarterback, said he ran into Perry once, maybe 10 years ago, waiting tables in Saugatuck, a town on Lake Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I gave him a big, long hug and asked him, ‘How’s it going? What are you up to?’ ” Passinault said. “He just always had a story about why he was where he was and what was waiting for him next.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">S\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>ome time in 2008, Perry arrived in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Records show that over the next decade, he was arrested several times (typically on charges related to theft or drugs), jailed, shot, stabbed, placed into transitional housing in Tenderloin hotels at least twice, evicted, beaten and hospitalized repeatedly. Eventually he started living in a tent on the city’s streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But to listen to those who encountered him during this journey, the charisma his high school teammates remember was intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maraea Master, who runs a program for homeless at-risk students at City College, got to know Perry during the two years she worked on San Francisco’s Homeless Outreach Team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Perry had this manner about himself where it was like, ‘Yes, I live in this tent,’ but he really kept some sort of elegance to himself. He didn’t allow things to get dictated to him and how he should be looking and how he should be treated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Master said that like many, many others living on the streets, Perry suffered from a wide range of physical ailments, mental illness and substance abuse. Sometimes it was not easy to help him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would take a long time to put his meds in medi-sets (pill organizers) to make sure he would take them,” Master said. “And then like a week later I would be in someone else’s tent and I’ll see his medicine and I’ll be like, ‘God damn it, this is Perry’s medication! Why is it in here?’ And I’m just like, ‘Agghhh!’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Master said Perry challenged police officers and Public Works employees sent to get him to move about their authority to do so — what some homeless outreach workers would term “a hard case.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he was vulnerable to the dangers of the streets, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11678109\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 360px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11678109\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook.jpg 720w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-160x135.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-240x203.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-375x317.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/foster-facebook-520x440.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perry Foster in pictures posted to Facebook after being dragged from his tent and beaten in September 2017.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Last September, he was dragged from his tent and beaten and landed back in the hospital with facial fractures. He posted pictures to Facebook. One of those who responded was his brother, Bobby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come home man and stop risking your life out there,” he wrote. “How many times have you been attacked? What’s it going to take before you realize you are so much better than that? You think you’re scared? It’s time for you to honestly assess your situation and make a sound judgment. Do you want to live or die? You are a cat that is running out of lives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry dismissed his brother’s concern as “talkshow bullshit. … Shitte (sic) and life happens.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Perry’s friends, a man named Memphis whom I met outside his tent on South Van Ness Avenue, said Perry was afraid of conditions on the street and had been thinking about returning to Michigan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was actually making plans to go home,” Memphis said. “And I told him he should go home months ago. But he said he needed to do something here first, let go of some things first, and then go home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What was that thing he needed to do?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Perry had talked about wanting to help people on the street, to give them a voice. His father, Robert Foster, said he told his son he needed to attend to his own needs first.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I told him, ‘Perry, the best way you can help anybody is to show them how to get out, show ‘em how to do better, by you getting out and doing better and then going back and helping people,'” Foster said. “‘You can’t help ’em where you at, because you in the same condition they in.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He also said Perry talked about coming home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But he wanted a round-trip ticket,” Foster said. “What you going to do with a round-trip ticket? You want to go back to hell? If you get out of hell, you want to go back?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On April 11, about a week after he’d been kicked out of an apartment where he’d been crashing with a friend, Perry died. The San Francisco medical examiner’s office has not issued a final cause of death, but Robert Foster said hospital officials told him Perry had died of a heroin overdose. City emergency response reports suggest that he died near Bryant and Division streets, just feet from where I met him two years earlier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she heard the news, Maraea Master, the former Homeless Outreach Team member, agonized over the circumstances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Was Perry alone?” she asked herself. “Where was his help? Did he have anyone that was there visiting him regularly? Did anybody keep any of the things he wrote? Does he have any family anywhere? All of these things came up for me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>They look like tool sheds, but in two spots in Oakland, they’re serving as temporary homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Oakland has been experimenting with using Tuff Sheds as transitional housing for people who’ve been living in tents on the streets. Joe DeVries, assistant to Oakland’s city administrator, prefers to call the sheds “cabins.” People began moving into the first cabin community in Oakland, between Castro and Brush streets, in the first days of 2018, after what DeVries says was some pretty heated discussion.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“It was not as readily accepted at first because no one knew what we were doing,” DeVries says. But since then, he says the place has served at least 57 homeless people and gotten more than 20 into more stable housing. DeVries says one participant recently moved into a transitional housing center and told him, “I’m ready for walls. I don’t want to go back to living in a tent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The second cabin community is now about a month old. Twenty cabins were built under Interstate 980, where one of Oakland’s largest and most dangerous homeless encampments had grown. The cabins are insulated, with double-pane windows, to keep out cold, heat and noise from nearby BART tracks. Priority was given to people who had been camping out in the area the longest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One resident, who would identify himself only as “Jermaine,” lived on the streets in the area for four years. During that time, he says he was never ready to enter a program, never ready for walls.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t ready for the drug programs. I just wasn’t ready,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677932\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Tuff Shed homeless community, at 27th Street and Northgate Avenue, beneath Interstate 980 and BART tracks. \u003ccite>(Erika Kelly/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he says three weeks of living in the community changed his outlook. When he recently became very ill, his fellow residents urged him to seek medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was sick, very sick. I didn’t realize how many people still loved me,” Jermaine says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, is he finally “ready for walls”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still arguing with my god about it, so to speak,” Jermaine says. “But he’ll let me know something when he’s finished playing with me. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t ready for the drug programs. I just wasn’t ready,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677932\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677932\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31639_Tuf-Sheds-From-The-Outside-qut-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland’s Tuff Shed homeless community, at 27th Street and Northgate Avenue, beneath Interstate 980 and BART tracks. \u003ccite>(Erika Kelly/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But he says three weeks of living in the community changed his outlook. When he recently became very ill, his fellow residents urged him to seek medical treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was sick, very sick. I didn’t realize how many people still loved me,” Jermaine says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, is he finally “ready for walls”?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m still arguing with my god about it, so to speak,” Jermaine says. “But he’ll let me know something when he’s finished playing with me. I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The city of Los Angeles has been addressing the homelessness crisis by approving new shelters and turning old motels into temporary shelters. It appears to be having modest success. This year’s homeless count showed a 3 percent decline in the homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To get the homeless off the streets more quickly, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has launched a $20 million campaign called “\u003ca href=\"https://www.lamayor.org/emergency-temporary-housing-homeless-angelenos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Bridge Home\u003c/a>” to put new shelters in each of the 15 council districts. The first would be placed in a city-owned parking lot in Koreatown. But resistance there has taken the form of demonstrations, marches and a petition that has received thousands of signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677747\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw1-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Jake Jeong, an attorney and community leader in Koreatown, leads the crowd in a call and response demanding a public hearing on the proposed temporary homeless shelter at 7th and Vermont.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jake Jeong, an attorney and community leader in Koreatown, leads the crowd in a call and response demanding a public hearing on the proposed temporary homeless shelter at Seventh and Vermont. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Officials say this site was selected based on data of homeless encampments in Koreatown. They estimate there are about 400 homeless people living in the neighborhood. The facility will have 65 beds and will be open for a maximum of three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Los Angeles City Council was expected to vote Friday on the emergency shelter without a public hearing. But after hearing demands from upset community members, Council President Herb Wesson agreed to restart the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wesson has agreed to look at least one alternative site for the Koreatown shelter, in addition to the disputed site. In a \u003ca href=\"https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/x_lWCNk8PyfWVLni4nKFK?domain=herbwesson.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">written statement\u003c/a> released Thursday morning, Wesson said he would review different sites and hold community meetings in Koreatown before the City Council takes final action on a temporary housing facility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s the justification for not having [a] public hearing? We want to help. We want to be part of this decision-making procedure. That’s all we want,” said Jake Jeong, an attorney and Koreatown community leader, before Wesson changed his approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed shelter is bringing up some deep-seated anxieties within the Korean-American community that the city is not listening to their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe people think we are selfish [because] we [are] against the homeless shelter. We are not selfish. We’re just asking, they have to respect us, OK? We work hard, we pay taxes and they are not hearing us. They are not respecting us. That’s not fair,” said one protester, Karen Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw2-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"“After 1992 when this community was burned to the ground, it was built up by the blood, sweat and tears of Korean Americans. And it’s just finally been revitalized and has actually been improving for the past couple of decades,” said protester Emmanuel Han.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“After 1992 when this community was burned to the ground, it was built up by the blood, sweat and tears of Korean-Americans. And it’s just finally been revitalized and has actually been improving for the past couple of decades,” protester Emmanuel Han said. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents also expressed concerns about homeless people bringing drugs and crime to the area. Officials counter that the housing will have 24/7 police presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another issue. There are about five schools within a mile of the proposed shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One protester, Myung Jin, wore a shirt with the logo from her son’s school, just a short walk away. Her son is 13 and autistic, and she worries for his safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a belief among Korean-Americans that homelessness is not their community’s problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to L.A. homeless statistics, Los Angeles County is 14 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, but that group makes up just 1 percent of the homeless population. No other group — white, black or Latino — can compare with that ratio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joon Bang, head of the Korean American Coalition of Los Angeles, says a growing number of Korean-American seniors are experiencing homelessness. They are \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_htWWqFusA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often hidden\u003c/a>, sleeping in church pews or at 24-hour spas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677763\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw3-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Jason Yeo and Angela Joo both say that homeless services and housing should be concentrated in downtown LA, rather than in neighborhoods like Koreatown.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Yeo and Angela Joo both say that homeless services and housing should be concentrated in downtown L.A., rather than in neighborhoods like Koreatown. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Raymond Kim, who runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/No-Shelter-on-682Vermont-624282231257969/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Facebook page\u003c/a> that opposes the Koreatown shelter, raised the issue of support structures created by families and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone in Koreatown has a friend or a family that’s been in terrible condition,” Kim said. “They’ve been down on their luck and they’ve housed them. I’ve done that. Everybody here has housed a family member or a friend. We put in our fair share of taking care of people. There would be way more homeless if we didn’t take care of our friends and our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent protest, some residents also held signs reading “No hearing, no tent.” There is some concern that the tent itself is a problem, while a permanent structure would blend into the neighborhood better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear what the temporary facility will look like. \u003ca href=\"https://herbwesson.com/initiatives/temporary-homeless-housing-facility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One rendering\u003c/a> on the website for Wesson shows a big tent. Garcetti’s campaign includes different kinds of emergency shelters, including tents, trailers, storage units and safe parking facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw4-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Johnny Lee is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and thinks a homeless shelter will improve the neighborhood.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnny Lee is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and thinks a homeless shelter will improve the neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some Koreatown residents who support the idea of installing a temporary homeless shelter. One of them, Johnny Lee, is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and held a sign at Saturday’s rally that read “Koreatown Choose Love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never had so many homeless encampments in Koreatown that I’ve known. I’ve never seen so many before. And I’d love to see something be done about that,” Lee said. “I know a lot of business owners in Koreatown want to see something done about that, too. They don’t want their storefronts to look unattractive because people can’t find restrooms to use and they won’t allow them to use [their] restrooms. So what will they do, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists say several lawsuits are being filed. In Venice, two community groups are suing the city of Los Angeles over a pair of new laws that are meant to make it easier to shelter homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Koreatown resident Andrew Cohen observed the rally, and said he expects to see more of these kinds of protests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I saw the protests against the homeless shelters in Irvine, and that was disgusting. And I was like, at least we don’t deal with that in L.A. And then, lo and behold, here we are,” Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I understand that it’s scary and the housing crisis here is getting worse and worse. But my hope is that people are going to see some compassion for the folks who find themselves homeless in this city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is also a political deadline here. Besides the Olympic Games coming to L.A. in 2028, Garcetti is mulling a run for president, with recent visits to Iowa and New Hampshire, and solving homelessness is going to be his biggest challenge. Wesson has been talked about as a potential mayoral candidate. That has created a political timetable for building homeless shelters in Koreatown and elsewhere in the city.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What’s the justification for not having [a] public hearing? We want to help. We want to be part of this decision-making procedure. That’s all we want,” said Jake Jeong, an attorney and Koreatown community leader, before Wesson changed his approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed shelter is bringing up some deep-seated anxieties within the Korean-American community that the city is not listening to their concerns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Maybe people think we are selfish [because] we [are] against the homeless shelter. We are not selfish. We’re just asking, they have to respect us, OK? We work hard, we pay taxes and they are not hearing us. They are not respecting us. That’s not fair,” said one protester, Karen Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677753\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw2-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"“After 1992 when this community was burned to the ground, it was built up by the blood, sweat and tears of Korean Americans. And it’s just finally been revitalized and has actually been improving for the past couple of decades,” said protester Emmanuel Han.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“After 1992 when this community was burned to the ground, it was built up by the blood, sweat and tears of Korean-Americans. And it’s just finally been revitalized and has actually been improving for the past couple of decades,” protester Emmanuel Han said. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Residents also expressed concerns about homeless people bringing drugs and crime to the area. Officials counter that the housing will have 24/7 police presence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But there’s another issue. There are about five schools within a mile of the proposed shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One protester, Myung Jin, wore a shirt with the logo from her son’s school, just a short walk away. Her son is 13 and autistic, and she worries for his safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There’s also a belief among Korean-Americans that homelessness is not their community’s problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to L.A. homeless statistics, Los Angeles County is 14 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, but that group makes up just 1 percent of the homeless population. No other group — white, black or Latino — can compare with that ratio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Joon Bang, head of the Korean American Coalition of Los Angeles, says a growing number of Korean-American seniors are experiencing homelessness. They are \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_htWWqFusA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">often hidden\u003c/a>, sleeping in church pews or at 24-hour spas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677763\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677763\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw3-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Jason Yeo and Angela Joo both say that homeless services and housing should be concentrated in downtown LA, rather than in neighborhoods like Koreatown.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jason Yeo and Angela Joo both say that homeless services and housing should be concentrated in downtown L.A., rather than in neighborhoods like Koreatown. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Raymond Kim, who runs \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/No-Shelter-on-682Vermont-624282231257969/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Facebook page\u003c/a> that opposes the Koreatown shelter, raised the issue of support structures created by families and friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everyone in Koreatown has a friend or a family that’s been in terrible condition,” Kim said. “They’ve been down on their luck and they’ve housed them. I’ve done that. Everybody here has housed a family member or a friend. We put in our fair share of taking care of people. There would be way more homeless if we didn’t take care of our friends and our family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent protest, some residents also held signs reading “No hearing, no tent.” There is some concern that the tent itself is a problem, while a permanent structure would blend into the neighborhood better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it’s not clear what the temporary facility will look like. \u003ca href=\"https://herbwesson.com/initiatives/temporary-homeless-housing-facility/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One rendering\u003c/a> on the website for Wesson shows a big tent. Garcetti’s campaign includes different kinds of emergency shelters, including tents, trailers, storage units and safe parking facilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677764\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677764\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/kcrw4-1020x765.jpeg\" alt=\"Johnny Lee is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and thinks a homeless shelter will improve the neighborhood.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johnny Lee is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and thinks a homeless shelter will improve the neighborhood. \u003ccite>(Avishay Artsy/KCRW)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are some Koreatown residents who support the idea of installing a temporary homeless shelter. One of them, Johnny Lee, is a restaurant owner in Koreatown and held a sign at Saturday’s rally that read “Koreatown Choose Love.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve never had so many homeless encampments in Koreatown that I’ve known. I’ve never seen so many before. And I’d love to see something be done about that,” Lee said. “I know a lot of business owners in Koreatown want to see something done about that, too. They don’t want their storefronts to look unattractive because people can’t find restrooms to use and they won’t allow them to use [their] restrooms. So what will they do, right?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Activists say several lawsuits are being filed. 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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland officials are searching for at least two sites to relocate an estimated 100 homeless people living at the city’s largest encampment, according to Joe DeVries, assistant to the city administrator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone must be out by November when the 23rd Avenue bridge, which passes over the East 12th Street encampment, is scheduled to be retrofitted.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But the pending move is complicated by ongoing tensions between Oakland and activists with \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Village\u003c/a>, whose volunteers are building cabins for homeless people at the current site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The encampment is a sprawling collection of tents, tarps and lean-tos. But at the southern end, The Village has constructed six one-room wood cabins providing some order to the surrounding chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11677114 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_0810-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An area of the East 12th Street encampment, under the 23rd Street bridge — which is scheduled to be retrofitted. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Village, a city-sanctioned grass-roots project, is aiming to build a total of 40 of these cabins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The day I moved in it was beautiful,” says Leonard Williams, who is 57.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677548\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11677548 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-800x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-800x679.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-160x136.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-1020x866.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-1200x1019.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-1920x1630.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-1180x1002.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-960x815.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-240x204.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-375x318.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/fortara-520x442.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leonard Williams recently moved into one of the cabins built by The Village. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Williams, a former heroin addict, is cradling a tall Colt 45 Malt Liquor. He says he’s been on the streets or in prison nearly his whole life. In a way, this cabin is a step up. “I don’t have to worry about rats coming in,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he grew up just a couple of miles from this encampment. His roots are inked across his body — from a “Bay Area” tattoo on his abdomen to an homage to the Raiders spanning his entire back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William is among the more than 85 percent of Oakland’s homeless who are from Alameda County, according to the most recent \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/everyone-counts/\">Point-In-Time homeless survey.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now the future of Williams’ small shelter is in question due to the pending bridge construction. At this point he seems resigned to moving again — he’s just hoping the city finds The Village its own site. He also warns that putting too many people in one spot will “cause friction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams knows what he’s talking about — there has been plenty of friction at this encampment — including several rapes and beatings, according to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s friction between The Village and the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mistrust began when the city tore down a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11299819/oakland-dismantles-tiny-houses-at-homeless-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different Village encampment\u003c/a> at Grove Shafter Park in West Oakland in February 2017. That encampment went up without official permission, and the city deemed it unsafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then last fall, the City Council granted The Village the 23rd Avenue site for an encampment. But Village lead organizer Anita De Asis, who goes by the name Needa Bee, says that before organizers had arrived, the city dropped scores of homeless people at the site — far more than they could manage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then the numbers at the site have exploded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very frustrated,” says Bee, who accuses the city of trying to sabotage their grassroots effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11677112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_3961-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Needa Bee, lead organizer for The Village. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest blow to The Village came when the city told the group it would have to move again within a year of arriving — because of the bridge construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re incompetent or you’re lying,” Bee says. “And either way, it sucks because what you were supposed to do was vet the land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVries, the assistant to the city administrator, says he understands why it might look like incompetence or sabotage. But he explains that it’s hard to predict the schedule of the Department of Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a big city with “a lot of moving parts,” DeVries says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for moving other homeless people to the East 12th Street site, DeVries says the city only relocated one group of about a dozen people from a nearby median for safety reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to solve this homeless crisis together,” DeVries says. “We’re all doing it with good intention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the skepticism, DeVries says the city is actively searching for new sites: One to be managed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Village\u003c/a> and a second for people with higher needs that would be managed by the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also hoping to partner with Village organizers to make the transition as smooth as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they’ve built relationships with people out there and we do know that those relationships are really critical to get people to seek or accept services,” DeVries says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says case managers will be starting the intake process soon — interviewing each person to determine their needs and the best path toward more permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Leonard Williams says he wants, too. “What I like to do is use this as a stepping stone to get me into a better spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until all this is worked out, Village volunteers plan to keep building more cabins at the current site. Then the next task will be to figure out how these wood structures will be transported to a new home.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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He says he’s been on the streets or in prison nearly his whole life. In a way, this cabin is a step up. “I don’t have to worry about rats coming in,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he grew up just a couple of miles from this encampment. His roots are inked across his body — from a “Bay Area” tattoo on his abdomen to an homage to the Raiders spanning his entire back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>William is among the more than 85 percent of Oakland’s homeless who are from Alameda County, according to the most recent \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/everyone-counts/\">Point-In-Time homeless survey.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But now the future of Williams’ small shelter is in question due to the pending bridge construction. At this point he seems resigned to moving again — he’s just hoping the city finds The Village its own site. He also warns that putting too many people in one spot will “cause friction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams knows what he’s talking about — there has been plenty of friction at this encampment — including several rapes and beatings, according to residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then there’s friction between The Village and the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mistrust began when the city tore down a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11299819/oakland-dismantles-tiny-houses-at-homeless-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">different Village encampment\u003c/a> at Grove Shafter Park in West Oakland in February 2017. That encampment went up without official permission, and the city deemed it unsafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then last fall, the City Council granted The Village the 23rd Avenue site for an encampment. But Village lead organizer Anita De Asis, who goes by the name Needa Bee, says that before organizers had arrived, the city dropped scores of homeless people at the site — far more than they could manage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then the numbers at the site have exploded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very frustrated,” says Bee, who accuses the city of trying to sabotage their grassroots effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11677112\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/IMG_3961-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Needa Bee, lead organizer for The Village. \u003ccite>(Tara Siler/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The latest blow to The Village came when the city told the group it would have to move again within a year of arriving — because of the bridge construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re incompetent or you’re lying,” Bee says. “And either way, it sucks because what you were supposed to do was vet the land.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeVries, the assistant to the city administrator, says he understands why it might look like incompetence or sabotage. But he explains that it’s hard to predict the schedule of the Department of Transportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a big city with “a lot of moving parts,” DeVries says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As for moving other homeless people to the East 12th Street site, DeVries says the city only relocated one group of about a dozen people from a nearby median for safety reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re trying to solve this homeless crisis together,” DeVries says. “We’re all doing it with good intention.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the skepticism, DeVries says the city is actively searching for new sites: One to be managed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Village\u003c/a> and a second for people with higher needs that would be managed by the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s also hoping to partner with Village organizers to make the transition as smooth as possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because they’ve built relationships with people out there and we do know that those relationships are really critical to get people to seek or accept services,” DeVries says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says case managers will be starting the intake process soon — interviewing each person to determine their needs and the best path toward more permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s what Leonard Williams says he wants, too. “What I like to do is use this as a stepping stone to get me into a better spot.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until all this is worked out, Village volunteers plan to keep building more cabins at the current site. Then the next task will be to figure out how these wood structures will be transported to a new home.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>As part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the SF Homeless Project\u003c/a> we’re once again concentrating coverage around housing affordability this June. Here’s a first-person account of what it’s like to be a grad student and live in an RV in the Berkeley Marina.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My name is Yesica Prado and I am 26 years old. I moved to the Bay Area four years ago from the South Side of Chicago, but I was born in Mexico City. 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Being on the streets gave me a mission. It helped me stay alert about what really happens in our cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would get shamed at school sometimes for not reading the news, but living from phone charge to phone charge forces compromises. I used the power on my cellphone to navigate the cities, hunting for story sources, food, restrooms and gyms to complete daily tasks and homework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today I’m part of a community of four families, including nine children, living out of eight vehicles in a parking lot at the marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As humans, we all want to be directors of our own dream. Our relationships with one another help us grow: financially, physically, spiritually and morally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have created a network of neighbors, family, friends, comrades. 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Amber leads the discussions, encouraging neighbors to know their rights on the street. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sweeney, the grandfather in the Bockover family, prepares and eats a ribeye steak from Whole Foods Market. 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Their daily routine is to make breakfast with their camping stove, hit the gym, shower, commute around the city for food, and linger at coffee shops or libraries to charge up battery packs and electronics for the day. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31596_RS31596_Prado_MarinaFriends010-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr., age 5, plays inside an inflatable ball outside his motorhome at the Hs Lordships parking lot. Paul was the first child in the Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels. 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https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian and Jim Hauso prepare hamburgers and hot dogs at a community barbecue on Sunday afternoon at Hs Lordships. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hs Lordships parking lot is a popular spot to come race and make car doughnuts. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" 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While living at the marina, Paul has learned about the animals, plants and geology you can find here. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>As part of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the SF Homeless Project\u003c/a> we’re once again concentrating coverage around housing affordability this June. Here’s a first-person account of what it’s like to be a grad student and live in an RV in the Berkeley Marina.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My name is Yesica Prado and I am 26 years old. I moved to the Bay Area four years ago from the South Side of Chicago, but I was born in Mexico City. I came to live at the Berkeley Marina after my second semester of graduate school.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I had bounced around the bay, chasing stories while studying at the \u003ca href=\"https://journalism.berkeley.edu/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. \u003c/a>I worked the night shift at Whole Foods in San Francisco, and went to school during the day for a year before deciding to quit the job, the rent and the long commute, and buy an RV last summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I lost my housing in San Francisco more than a year ago after not keeping up with rent, but I never considered myself homeless. Being on the streets gave me a mission. It helped me stay alert about what really happens in our cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I would get shamed at school sometimes for not reading the news, but living from phone charge to phone charge forces compromises. I used the power on my cellphone to navigate the cities, hunting for story sources, food, restrooms and gyms to complete daily tasks and homework.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today I’m part of a community of four families, including nine children, living out of eight vehicles in a parking lot at the marina.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As humans, we all want to be directors of our own dream. Our relationships with one another help us grow: financially, physically, spiritually and morally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have created a network of neighbors, family, friends, comrades. The Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels is an example of how poverty is a shared experience in the world, regardless of education, color or nationality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677599\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677599\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31591_Marina_Friends027-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Community meetings are held weekly, and neighbors gather to share concerns and issues that happened throughout the week. Amber leads the discussions, encouraging neighbors to know their rights on the street. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677601\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677601\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31593_Marina_Friends033.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Sweeney, the grandfather in the Bockover family, prepares and eats a ribeye steak from Whole Foods Market. He enjoys the small pleasures of life: good food and dancing. He works with his son-in-law in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677603\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677603\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31595_Marina_Friends008-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian Torres, Prado’s friend, smiles for a portrait inside her RV at the Berkeley Marina. Their daily routine is to make breakfast with their camping stove, hit the gym, shower, commute around the city for food, and linger at coffee shops or libraries to charge up battery packs and electronics for the day. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677607\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677607\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31596_RS31596_Prado_MarinaFriends010-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr., age 5, plays inside an inflatable ball outside his motorhome at the Hs Lordships parking lot. Paul was the first child in the Berkeley Marina Friends on Wheels. He attends pre-kindergarten at the Berkeley Technology Academy. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677600\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677600\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy-520x346.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31592_RS31592_Marina_Friends028-copy.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christian and Jim Hauso prepare hamburgers and hot dogs at a community barbecue on Sunday afternoon at Hs Lordships. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677606\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677606\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025-520x347.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31590_Marina_Friends025.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Hs Lordships parking lot is a popular spot to come race and make car doughnuts. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677602\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-11677602\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/RS31594_Marina_Friends036edit-1020x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" 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"content": "\u003cp>After a fire burned down her home, Dorothy Nolan began living in an RV. One of the biggest challenges she has found as an RV dweller? Being told to move — constantly — by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just could not park,” Nolan said. “We’d park to even just cook or take our dogs out for a walk. And, ‘What are you doing here? How long are you gonna be here? There’s no camping. Move it; you’ve got an hour.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nolan recently found a parking lot at the edge of the Berkeley Marina where, so far, no one has ticketed or towed her RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been sleeping for two days,” she said. “After not sleeping for six months, we were dead tired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy Nolan smiles for a portrait outside her trailer, which is pulled by another friend with his motor home. Nolan lived in San Pablo, and became homeless after her house burned down. Nolan is a former veterinary technician and lives in the trailer with her seven dogs and boyfriend. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017HIRDReport-Berkeley-1.pdf\">latest count\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley has nearly 1,000 homeless people, many living in tented encampments along roads and underpasses. But in the past year, a group of people living in their vehicles — mostly RVs — have been living at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Marina_Home/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Marina. \u003c/a> Now the city is considering whether to create a sanctioned area for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parked near Nolan is Berkeley native Paul Schrager, who grew up just off of University Avenue, right up the road from the Berkeley Marina. He’s on disability and can’t work right now. Schrager left the Bay Area for a year, and then moved back to his hometown, closer to a support network of relatives and friends. But rents were so high, he was unable to find a place his family could afford. When he bought the RV for $300, he thought of it as a temporary home while he searched for housing. It’s been three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think we’d be in this thing this long,” Schrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s 5-year-old attends a public school in Berkeley and often plays outdoors near the bay. Schrager doesn’t want to leave his friends and family in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been hard raising a child here in this environment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s RV has electricity now, so his son can watch TV, but it lacks proper facilities. Some of his neighbors pay for gym memberships in order to shower — much easier to afford than local rent. Schrager and his son are able to bathe at his dad’s house nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a bathroom, but we have no shower or bathtub or running water right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr. and his dad fly a kite in a parking lot at the Berkeley Marina, where they are part of a community of people living in vehicles. Paul’s favorite color is “the whole rainbow,” he says, and he enjoys flying colorful kites at the marina. He shares his toys with the other children. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schrager and Nolan are part of a fluctuating group of RV dwellers who have formed a community here over the past year. There are retired seniors, several people on disability, and many working adults: a barista, a security guard and a delivery driver for Amazon, to name a few. One woman earned her master’s degree at UC Berkeley while living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday, there were about 16 live-in vehicles mostly in a row. They are in the parking lot of a marina restaurant that leases the land from the city. The restaurant is shutting down in a few days, and the city does not yet have a plan for what will happen to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, Berkeley doesn’t allow vehicular camping, though the city sometimes looks the other way. The core RV dwellers here have become a tight-knit group. Last April, when the city made everyone leave an area near a local hotel, they voted to all move to a new part of the marina — together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Whitson lived for seven years at an encampment on nearby Albany Bulb park, before it was forcibly disbanded. Now living in a RV in the marina, Whitson still worries that she and her neighbors could be towed or forced to move at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still in an unsure place here as far as the legality of our being here. It isn’t technically sanctioned for us to be here,” said Whitson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677221\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber Whitson rakes weeds off the parking lot at Hs Lordships on the Berkeley Marina. She is getting rid of the spiky weeds hidden in the patches of overgrown grass for the safety of the kids and pets playing in the parking lot. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So Whitson has been pushing her neighbors to organize and advocate on their own behalf, including bringing their concerns to people who have the political power to make changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve started showing up at City Council meetings. And they’re asking for a longer-term fix — a sanctioned area, like an RV park, with running water and septic tank disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty,” Whitson said at a recent City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they are willing to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities\u003c/strong> is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Amber Whitson\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Some in the marina have been supportive, but there has also been some pushback. There have been complaints about sanitation and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of why Whitson and others have also been working to establish rules for those seeking to live here, to help maintain order and safety and avoid negative attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in between a row of RVs, Whitson reads from a draft of their proposed community rules of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No street drugs and/or alcohol. No rowdy behavior. 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. noise curfew. All holding tanks must be proper and legal working order,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A van at the marina. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and City Council members Cheryl Davila and Kate Harrison are trying to find an answer. They are introducing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2018/06_June/City_Council__06-26-2018_-_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proposal\u003c/a> for the city manager to develop a local vehicle-dweller park. It would have toilets, garbage service, showers and potable water. There would also be access to social services. The city would issue permits, and collect a fee of somewhere between $60 to $150 per month, far less than most RV parks. The local RV-dwelling community could live there without fear of harassment or citation, if they abide by some rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s approved, Arreguin said there would have to be limits to how many people could stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also going to be people that are going to want to come, that are going to want to live there, that either won’t be able to live there because of space or are not going to be able to conform to those rules,” said Arreguin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whitson is hopeful the city’s proposal could lead to a longer-term solution for the community, even if it’s not in the marina. For now, she’s helping the community organize so they can stay in the minds — and good graces — of the city.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>After a fire burned down her home, Dorothy Nolan began living in an RV. One of the biggest challenges she has found as an RV dweller? Being told to move — constantly — by law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just could not park,” Nolan said. “We’d park to even just cook or take our dogs out for a walk. And, ‘What are you doing here? How long are you gonna be here? There’s no camping. Move it; you’ve got an hour.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nolan recently found a parking lot at the edge of the Berkeley Marina where, so far, no one has ticketed or towed her RV.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been sleeping for two days,” she said. “After not sleeping for six months, we were dead tired.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677200\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677200\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1200x801.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-1180x788.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-960x641.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dorothy Nolan smiles for a portrait outside her trailer, which is pulled by another friend with his motor home. Nolan lived in San Pablo, and became homeless after her house burned down. Nolan is a former veterinary technician and lives in the trailer with her seven dogs and boyfriend. \u003ccite>(Christian Torres/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By the \u003ca href=\"http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2017HIRDReport-Berkeley-1.pdf\">latest count\u003c/a>, the city of Berkeley has nearly 1,000 homeless people, many living in tented encampments along roads and underpasses. But in the past year, a group of people living in their vehicles — mostly RVs — have been living at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Marina_Home/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Marina. \u003c/a> Now the city is considering whether to create a sanctioned area for them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parked near Nolan is Berkeley native Paul Schrager, who grew up just off of University Avenue, right up the road from the Berkeley Marina. He’s on disability and can’t work right now. Schrager left the Bay Area for a year, and then moved back to his hometown, closer to a support network of relatives and friends. But rents were so high, he was unable to find a place his family could afford. When he bought the RV for $300, he thought of it as a temporary home while he searched for housing. It’s been three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t think we’d be in this thing this long,” Schrager said.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s 5-year-old attends a public school in Berkeley and often plays outdoors near the bay. Schrager doesn’t want to leave his friends and family in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been hard raising a child here in this environment,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schrager’s RV has electricity now, so his son can watch TV, but it lacks proper facilities. Some of his neighbors pay for gym memberships in order to shower — much easier to afford than local rent. Schrager and his son are able to bathe at his dad’s house nearby.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have a bathroom, but we have no shower or bathtub or running water right now,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677203\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677203\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends015-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Schrager Jr. and his dad fly a kite in a parking lot at the Berkeley Marina, where they are part of a community of people living in vehicles. Paul’s favorite color is “the whole rainbow,” he says, and he enjoys flying colorful kites at the marina. He shares his toys with the other children. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schrager and Nolan are part of a fluctuating group of RV dwellers who have formed a community here over the past year. There are retired seniors, several people on disability, and many working adults: a barista, a security guard and a delivery driver for Amazon, to name a few. One woman earned her master’s degree at UC Berkeley while living here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent weekday, there were about 16 live-in vehicles mostly in a row. They are in the parking lot of a marina restaurant that leases the land from the city. The restaurant is shutting down in a few days, and the city does not yet have a plan for what will happen to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, Berkeley doesn’t allow vehicular camping, though the city sometimes looks the other way. The core RV dwellers here have become a tight-knit group. Last April, when the city made everyone leave an area near a local hotel, they voted to all move to a new part of the marina — together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amber Whitson lived for seven years at an encampment on nearby Albany Bulb park, before it was forcibly disbanded. Now living in a RV in the marina, Whitson still worries that she and her neighbors could be towed or forced to move at any moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still in an unsure place here as far as the legality of our being here. It isn’t technically sanctioned for us to be here,” said Whitson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677221\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends022-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber Whitson rakes weeds off the parking lot at Hs Lordships on the Berkeley Marina. She is getting rid of the spiky weeds hidden in the patches of overgrown grass for the safety of the kids and pets playing in the parking lot. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So Whitson has been pushing her neighbors to organize and advocate on their own behalf, including bringing their concerns to people who have the political power to make changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’ve started showing up at City Council meetings. And they’re asking for a longer-term fix — a sanctioned area, like an RV park, with running water and septic tank disposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty,” Whitson said at a recent City Council meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they are willing to pay for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">‘\u003cstrong>All that we ask for in order to ensure that we have the most basic human amenities\u003c/strong> is a parking lot with a single shower and a porta-potty.’\u003c/span>\u003ccite>Amber Whitson\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Some in the marina have been supportive, but there has also been some pushback. There have been complaints about sanitation and safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of why Whitson and others have also been working to establish rules for those seeking to live here, to help maintain order and safety and avoid negative attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Standing in between a row of RVs, Whitson reads from a draft of their proposed community rules of conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No street drugs and/or alcohol. No rowdy behavior. 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. noise curfew. All holding tanks must be proper and legal working order,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11677222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1600px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11677222\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029.jpg 1600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Marina_Friends029-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A van at the marina. \u003ccite>(Yesica Prado/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and City Council members Cheryl Davila and Kate Harrison are trying to find an answer. They are introducing \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2018/06_June/City_Council__06-26-2018_-_Regular_Meeting_Agenda.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a proposal\u003c/a> for the city manager to develop a local vehicle-dweller park. It would have toilets, garbage service, showers and potable water. There would also be access to social services. The city would issue permits, and collect a fee of somewhere between $60 to $150 per month, far less than most RV parks. The local RV-dwelling community could live there without fear of harassment or citation, if they abide by some rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If it’s approved, Arreguin said there would have to be limits to how many people could stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s also going to be people that are going to want to come, that are going to want to live there, that either won’t be able to live there because of space or are not going to be able to conform to those rules,” said Arreguin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gregory Andrews, 60, sleeps in his Chevy Malibu just outside a health clinic on the west side of Los Angeles. In the morning, he lines up there for a free shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Besides trying to find something healthy to eat, the next most important thing is to take a shower,” Andrews said. “It keeps your self-esteem up.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch4 style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Read More of KQED’s Coverage for the SF Homeless Project\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/SFHomeless_long_Horizontal-02-e1467163328567.png\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Not many health clinics offer showers, but Saban Community Clinic, where Andrews goes, has been doing it for about three decades. The clinic serves an urgent need, given L.A. County’s growing homeless population, which is up almost 50 percent in the past six years to roughly 53,000, though it dipped slightly this year, according to the annual \u003ca href=\"https://www.lahsa.org/news?article=410-2018-homeless-count-results\">homeless count.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About two dozen people line up at the Saban clinic each weekday morning, waiting for the showers. They come with backpacks, shopping carts and folded-up tents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Clinic staff also help them find temporary lodging and get health insurance, as they did for Andrews.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just told me at the front desk, ‘Do you know you qualify for Medi-Cal?’ ” Andrews said. “I went upstairs, talked to one person, and within 30 days I had Medi-Cal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676515\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Henderson has been homeless for more than a decade. He uses the showers and has been cared for by the dentist at Saban Community Clinic but says he’s reluctant to see the doctor. His basketball injuries are nothing “ibuprofen can’t take care of,” he says. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Bloom packs up his tent after spending the night just outside the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. Bloom takes showers at the clinic on weekday mornings and meets with doctors and mental health counselors there. \u003ccite>( Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saban’s free showers are a gateway to other services it offers homeless people, who sometimes resist seeking medical care, said Adam Friedman, the clinic’s chief marketing officer. About a third of the people who take showers at Saban also see doctors there. Some of the patients have untreated mental illnesses and chronic diseases. Others have injuries from living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole goal is to build trust so … they will be open to seeing a therapist, going to the dentist, getting their medical needs taken care of,” Friedman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Henderson, a 46-year-old who has been homeless for more than a decade, said finding a shower on this relatively affluent side of town wasn’t easy. It is easier to find one in downtown L.A. or other parts of the city, he said. “In other areas, like the beach, there’s not only a shelter shower but … also the showers on the sand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson said he was glad to find the showers at Saban and to see the dentist upstairs. But he generally avoids the doctor. “I’m reluctant,” he said. “If I’m in pain I’ll go see the doctor, but normally the pains that I have are from basketball injuries so I know how to deal with those.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrews, who stands over 6 feet tall and walks with a cane — started seeing the doctor and the dentist soon after going to Saban for a shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676523\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Andrews takes showers at the clinic and has seen doctors and dentists there. The clinic also helped him get temporary shelter and health insurance. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friedman said that with the growth of the homeless population, he expects even more people will need a place to shower. The clinic also offers showers at its Hollywood location three days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for those who don’t seek medical care, showering itself has health benefits, such as keeping wounds clean and avoiding infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At precisely 7:30 a.m., the doors open. Caseworker Chenelle Groomes greets people by name and hands out towels and soap. If anyone needs socks or underwear, she has a closet filled with donations. Groomes keeps track of who is next with a sign-up sheet and a clipboard. And she helps schedule same-day medical appointments for those who want them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff at the clinic hand out towels to participants. Soap and shampoo are also available. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the regulars said they take showers at the clinic because they don’t want to look homeless. Kevin Bloom, 30, said he wouldn’t know what to do without the showers. He sleeps in a tent near the front door of the Saban clinic, and he also sees doctors and mental health counselors there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they wait their turn in the shower, participants pass the time reading books or looking at their phones. A few close their eyes. Sometimes, arguments break out, and there’s rarely a dull moment for Groomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep her busy,” Andrews said. “She keeps us out of trouble. Some of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said taking a shower is just a good way to start the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A nice warm shower? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They just told me at the front desk, ‘Do you know you qualify for Medi-Cal?’ ” Andrews said. “I went upstairs, talked to one person, and within 30 days I had Medi-Cal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676515\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676515\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Henderson has been homeless for more than a decade. He uses the showers and has been cared for by the dentist at Saban Community Clinic but says he’s reluctant to see the doctor. His basketball injuries are nothing “ibuprofen can’t take care of,” he says. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676528\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676528\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Bloom packs up his tent after spending the night just outside the Saban Community Clinic in Los Angeles. Bloom takes showers at the clinic on weekday mornings and meets with doctors and mental health counselors there. \u003ccite>( Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Saban’s free showers are a gateway to other services it offers homeless people, who sometimes resist seeking medical care, said Adam Friedman, the clinic’s chief marketing officer. About a third of the people who take showers at Saban also see doctors there. Some of the patients have untreated mental illnesses and chronic diseases. Others have injuries from living on the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The whole goal is to build trust so … they will be open to seeing a therapist, going to the dentist, getting their medical needs taken care of,” Friedman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Henderson, a 46-year-old who has been homeless for more than a decade, said finding a shower on this relatively affluent side of town wasn’t easy. It is easier to find one in downtown L.A. or other parts of the city, he said. “In other areas, like the beach, there’s not only a shelter shower but … also the showers on the sand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson said he was glad to find the showers at Saban and to see the dentist upstairs. But he generally avoids the doctor. “I’m reluctant,” he said. “If I’m in pain I’ll go see the doctor, but normally the pains that I have are from basketball injuries so I know how to deal with those.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andrews, who stands over 6 feet tall and walks with a cane — started seeing the doctor and the dentist soon after going to Saban for a shower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676523\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676523\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower7-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory Andrews takes showers at the clinic and has seen doctors and dentists there. The clinic also helped him get temporary shelter and health insurance. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Friedman said that with the growth of the homeless population, he expects even more people will need a place to shower. The clinic also offers showers at its Hollywood location three days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even for those who don’t seek medical care, showering itself has health benefits, such as keeping wounds clean and avoiding infections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At precisely 7:30 a.m., the doors open. Caseworker Chenelle Groomes greets people by name and hands out towels and soap. If anyone needs socks or underwear, she has a closet filled with donations. Groomes keeps track of who is next with a sign-up sheet and a clipboard. And she helps schedule same-day medical appointments for those who want them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11676521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 4608px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11676521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5.jpg 4608w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/06/Shower5-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4608px) 100vw, 4608px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Staff at the clinic hand out towels to participants. Soap and shampoo are also available. \u003ccite>(Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of the regulars said they take showers at the clinic because they don’t want to look homeless. Kevin Bloom, 30, said he wouldn’t know what to do without the showers. He sleeps in a tent near the front door of the Saban clinic, and he also sees doctors and mental health counselors there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While they wait their turn in the shower, participants pass the time reading books or looking at their phones. A few close their eyes. Sometimes, arguments break out, and there’s rarely a dull moment for Groomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We keep her busy,” Andrews said. “She keeps us out of trouble. Some of us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said taking a shower is just a good way to start the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A nice warm shower? 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