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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it was his turn to order, I heard him ask how much a medium caffe latte would cost. The young woman at the counter said $4.25. I heard the exchange and without thinking said, “Hey, I got you.” The man, whom I’d soon learn was named Eric, turned around with a look of surprise and said thanks. Then he looked at the tray of sandwiches next to the counter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want something to eat? Those sandwiches are good,” I said. He said yes and picked one out, a big one marked with a T.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t even know what kind it is,” he said. “Turkey,” I told him. “It’s good.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then a couple of things happened in rapid succession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A woman who’d overheard my exchange with Eric materialized at my side and said, “Here, let me chip in,” and handed me a $5 bill. I thanked her — I’d come to find out her name was Alicia — and put the bill in the tip jar. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, before I placed my own order, the young counterwoman said to Eric, “Since he’s paying for you, you can’t eat that here.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia demanded to know why Eric couldn’t sit down and eat. The cafe manager, who was working on Eric’s latte, said that was just the cafe’s rule. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strange. I’m sure lots of non-homeless cafe customers buy coffee and food for each other, and I’ll bet they’re never told they can’t stay and enjoy their meals. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I didn’t make the rules, but I have to enforce them,” the manager said. “That’s the owner’s rule. I have to obey it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Can he just sit here?” Alicia asked, indicating a bench inside the door. “No,” the manager said, again mentioning the rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, Eric was asking me, “Why can’t I eat here?” The best I could come up with as a response was, “They don’t want you here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manager put Eric’s medium latte on the counter. It had one of those darling little hearts that baristas make with their artful dribbles of espresso and steamed milk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alicia and I walked Eric out the door. It had been a cold morning, and the first drops of a midday rain began to fall. He asked us where we were going.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Back to work,” Alicia said. “To my office,” I said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was an unasked question hanging there, I thought. “Can I come back with you so I have a warm, dry place to eat this nice sandwich you just bought me?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We said goodbye to Eric and went our separate ways. Later, I chastised myself for not having the presence of mind or the willingness to ask Eric to come back to my building, where he could at least have sat in the lobby while he ate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, that would have been another temporary act of kindness, conditioned on the understanding he’d go away after he ate. Better than nothing. At least he’d have a full stomach when he headed back to the street. I would continue on in my existence, with its relative safety and comfort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">A\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>t this point, homelessness is as much a part of San Francisco as the hills, the Mission or the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s something I think we all see and ponder and react to, even if we try to turn away from it. As luck would have it, this week marks the second time this year that local media are presenting the public with an \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unflinching look\u003c/a> at the nature and extent of the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The media coverage is a heroic attempt to come to grips with a reality that for decades has proved bigger than any institution’s ability to respond. Perhaps that’s why I feel that my own personal response when confronted with need is as important as anything I do as a journalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think all of us develop creeds to live by. I don’t mean hard-and-fast rules. I mean the voices and phrases and lessons gleaned from experience as we move through life that may add up to a more or less coherent idea of how we want to live, how we ought to treat others, how we hope to be treated ourselves.\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\n“This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy. …”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s part of my creed — thanks, \u003ca href=\"http://infospigot.com/2010/11/17/walt-whitman-injunction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Walt Whitman\u003c/a> — even if I believe there’s an impossible idealism expressed there (what would Whitman have made of 2016 San Francisco?).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Something else I carry in the back of my mind: the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/It-s-time-again-for-the-Untied-Way-6631166.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Untied Way\u003c/a>. It’s a modest proposal from former San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll to promote the virtues of giving directly to those in need around us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I only mention credos, Whitman and Carroll in partial explanation of my own occasional impulse to pay for someone else’s coffee and sandwich. But I’m also thinking about the consequences of following those impulses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other day, I saw how embarrassed the cafe employees were when they had to stand by a rule that I’m guessing they know is absurd and unfair and was crafted to keep people like Eric out of their establishment. My impulse put them on the spot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My impulse and the small drama that played out around it also put me face to face with the limits of my own compassion. It seems like an easy thing to render a kindness and keep moving. It’s harder to render the kindness and maybe stick around to learn more about the person you’re bestowing it upon and what they’re up against.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally, I realize that the cafe’s rule for the penniless would-be patron — “that guy over there bought your sandwich, so you can’t eat it here” — is aimed at me as much as at homeless customers. The management doesn’t want people carelessly indulging their generous impulses. Those impulses make it awkward for the cafe’s workers and uncomfortable for its better-groomed clientele. And destitute people roaming the area might get the idea they’re welcome.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When James de la Nueve got in a fight with his dad last summer and got kicked out of the house, he found himself living on the streets of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He first tried living in his car, then sleeping in the laundry room of an apartment building where he was a security guard. Next, he tried napping in a college library or an unused classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day is a constant reminder, the world is just hammering at you: You don’t have a place to stay,” said James, 21, who is now studying civil engineering at Santa Monica College. “It’s like you’re in class, and it’s the only thing you’re thinking about. It’s hard to focus on the chalkboard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in October, a new type of homeless shelter, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bruinshelter.org/\">Bruin Shelter\u003c/a>, opened specifically for college students — and it’s run by other college students. James was one of nine students to get a bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”400″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many young people don’t feel safe in traditional shelters, staying with adults,” said 27-year-old Louis Tse, executive director and co-founder of the Bruin Shelter. “Many have been verbally or physically abused, or robbed. The peer-to-peer model of young people helping young people really lowers that barrier for young people to come in the door.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211338 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23256_img_2159\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two student volunteers stay overnight at the shelter while the residents sleep. One sleeps from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. while the other one studies. Then they trade off from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tse was inspired to start the shelter while he was a graduate student at UCLA, studying mechanical engineering. He would see students sleeping in the library or student activity center, and it was clear they weren’t just napping on top of their math homework. He even met a young man living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row who told him he was enrolled in community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211328 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23208_img_2108\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sleeping at the Santa Monica College library. Some homeless students carry a blanket and pillow with them so they can catch naps where they can. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are few resources for these students, Tse discovered. Existing emergency shelters offer a bed only for a couple of nights. So Tse set about opening the Bruin Shelter, which allows students to stay for six months and helps them find permanent housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sleep on a regular basis sets you up to fail a midterm, then a second midterm, then a class,” he said. “Then it slowly leads to painfully dropping out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”mc4wj8Yr4bw7dvCfqjRQMmYSiwf5EFcC”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 56,000 students indicate they’re homeless on U.S. financial aid forms. But researchers believe the numbers are much higher than that. In California, one in three community college students is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\">recent report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nationwide problem,” Tse said, “and we feel we’re doing our small part to inspire others to show that it’s possible to do something about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter is set up in the back of a Lutheran church in Santa Monica and is open to students from all colleges in the area. It opens at 7 p.m., when church meetings or AA gatherings wrap up in the main hall, and shelter volunteers start cooking and set up a table for dinner. Residents hang out on their beds — there are two windowless bunk rooms, one for men, one for women — doing their homework, or they watch TV in the lounge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211335 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23243_img_2146\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter residents and student volunteers sit and eat dinner together every night, “like a family,” Tse said. Menus include frozen pizza and chicken Caesar salad, or taco night. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211330 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23229_img_2132\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The men’s bunk room at the Bruin Shelter. Local businesses donated Tempur-Pedic mattresses. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shelter closes during the day, and residents have to leave by 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James is usually up and in the bathroom by 6:20 a.m. There’s no shower at the shelter, so he sometimes washes his hair in the sink. He dresses in pants from J. Crew, a shirt from the Gap, and finishes with toner and moisturizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to James to not look homeless. Like many homeless students, he wants to avoid the stigma. But it’s also a survival strategy. The shelter provides breakfast and dinner for residents. But James is on his own for lunch, and he often shoplifts chicken wraps or chopped fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dressing well is the No. 1 reason I get away all the time,” he said, noting that he steals his clothes, too. “So when I walk into a store I won’t be noticed, because I look like everybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211332 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23196_img_2096\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shelter provides residents with a bagged breakfast in the morning. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is James’ second try at college. He started at a school on the East Coast three years ago but never finished his first semester because of behavior problems. He came home to Los Angeles, but then last summer, he got in that fight with his dad and was on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has big dreams for his future. He shows me an aspirational resume he has drawn up that reflects where he hopes to be in 10 years. It shows him transferring out of Santa Monica College and graduating from Harvey Mudd College in 2019, and then finishing a master’s degree in architecture and urban design at Columbia in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks he might change his name formally, too. James de la Nueve is already a new name for him, an attempt at a new beginning, he said. His resume of the future has this name at the top: Damien Scott Nuevhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New House,” he said. “You feel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James’ story is one of many from students living at the shelter. Some are former foster youth, some are undocumented and don’t qualify for financial aid, some are LGBTQ and are estranged from their families, Tse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211333 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23248_img_2151\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the upstairs TV lounge of the Bruin Shelter, shelves of donated toiletries are available to residents. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bruin Shelter receives some donations from people in the L.A. area, and recently launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.generosity.com/volunteer-fundraising/bruin-shelter-a-home-for-students-by-students--3\">crowdfunding campaign\u003c/a>. Local businesses donated beds and mattresses. There are shelves in the TV lounge stacked with donated toothpaste, soap and shaving cream. But a lot of the funding comes from Tse himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, when he committed to making the Bruin Shelter a reality, he moved into his car. He finished his Ph.D. in May and got a job at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, but he is still sleeping in his Kia and putting the money that would go to rent into the shelter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It makes basic sense,” Tse said. “One person gives up their housing so that nine other people can have it.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When James de la Nueve got in a fight with his dad last summer and got kicked out of the house, he found himself living on the streets of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He first tried living in his car, then sleeping in the laundry room of an apartment building where he was a security guard. Next, he tried napping in a college library or an unused classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every day is a constant reminder, the world is just hammering at you: You don’t have a place to stay,” said James, 21, who is now studying civil engineering at Santa Monica College. “It’s like you’re in class, and it’s the only thing you’re thinking about. It’s hard to focus on the chalkboard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in October, a new type of homeless shelter, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bruinshelter.org/\">Bruin Shelter\u003c/a>, opened specifically for college students — and it’s run by other college students. James was one of nine students to get a bed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”400″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many young people don’t feel safe in traditional shelters, staying with adults,” said 27-year-old Louis Tse, executive director and co-founder of the Bruin Shelter. “Many have been verbally or physically abused, or robbed. The peer-to-peer model of young people helping young people really lowers that barrier for young people to come in the door.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211338\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211338 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23256_img_2159\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23256_IMG_2159-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two student volunteers stay overnight at the shelter while the residents sleep. One sleeps from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. while the other one studies. Then they trade off from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tse was inspired to start the shelter while he was a graduate student at UCLA, studying mechanical engineering. He would see students sleeping in the library or student activity center, and it was clear they weren’t just napping on top of their math homework. He even met a young man living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row who told him he was enrolled in community college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211328\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211328 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23208_img_2108\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23208_IMG_2108-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students sleeping at the Santa Monica College library. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Losing sleep on a regular basis sets you up to fail a midterm, then a second midterm, then a class,” he said. “Then it slowly leads to painfully dropping out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly 56,000 students indicate they’re homeless on U.S. financial aid forms. But researchers believe the numbers are much higher than that. In California, one in three community college students is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\">recent report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a nationwide problem,” Tse said, “and we feel we’re doing our small part to inspire others to show that it’s possible to do something about it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shelter is set up in the back of a Lutheran church in Santa Monica and is open to students from all colleges in the area. It opens at 7 p.m., when church meetings or AA gatherings wrap up in the main hall, and shelter volunteers start cooking and set up a table for dinner. Residents hang out on their beds — there are two windowless bunk rooms, one for men, one for women — doing their homework, or they watch TV in the lounge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211335\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211335 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23243_img_2146\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23243_IMG_2146-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelter residents and student volunteers sit and eat dinner together every night, “like a family,” Tse said. Menus include frozen pizza and chicken Caesar salad, or taco night. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211330\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211330 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23229_img_2132\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23229_IMG_2132-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The men’s bunk room at the Bruin Shelter. Local businesses donated Tempur-Pedic mattresses. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The shelter closes during the day, and residents have to leave by 7 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James is usually up and in the bathroom by 6:20 a.m. There’s no shower at the shelter, so he sometimes washes his hair in the sink. He dresses in pants from J. Crew, a shirt from the Gap, and finishes with toner and moisturizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s important to James to not look homeless. Like many homeless students, he wants to avoid the stigma. But it’s also a survival strategy. The shelter provides breakfast and dinner for residents. But James is on his own for lunch, and he often shoplifts chicken wraps or chopped fruit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dressing well is the No. 1 reason I get away all the time,” he said, noting that he steals his clothes, too. “So when I walk into a store I won’t be noticed, because I look like everybody else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211332\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211332 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23196_img_2096\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23196_IMG_2096-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shelter provides residents with a bagged breakfast in the morning. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This is James’ second try at college. He started at a school on the East Coast three years ago but never finished his first semester because of behavior problems. He came home to Los Angeles, but then last summer, he got in that fight with his dad and was on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James has big dreams for his future. He shows me an aspirational resume he has drawn up that reflects where he hopes to be in 10 years. It shows him transferring out of Santa Monica College and graduating from Harvey Mudd College in 2019, and then finishing a master’s degree in architecture and urban design at Columbia in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He thinks he might change his name formally, too. James de la Nueve is already a new name for him, an attempt at a new beginning, he said. His resume of the future has this name at the top: Damien Scott Nuevhaus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“New House,” he said. “You feel?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James’ story is one of many from students living at the shelter. Some are former foster youth, some are undocumented and don’t qualify for financial aid, some are LGBTQ and are estranged from their families, Tse said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211333\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11211333 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"rs23248_img_2151\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23248_IMG_2151-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the upstairs TV lounge of the Bruin Shelter, shelves of donated toiletries are available to residents. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bruin Shelter receives some donations from people in the L.A. area, and recently launched a \u003ca href=\"https://www.generosity.com/volunteer-fundraising/bruin-shelter-a-home-for-students-by-students--3\">crowdfunding campaign\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>Brittany Jones is burrowed into her seat on a BART car, catching some sleep before the morning commuters arrive. As the car starts to fill with people, she finally pulls down her jacket, uncovering her face. The whoosh of the doors, the sweaty surge of denim and backpacks: This is her alarm clock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones is 24, a student at Laney College in Oakland, and homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To study and survive at the same time, she must answer the same questions over and over. Can she afford dinner tonight? Will she be able to sit next to the secret outlet in the BART car so she can charge her phone? Can she get a job that still allows her to go to class and keep her grades up? These are just some of the challenges Jones and other homeless college students face in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”400″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many undergraduates, homeless college students are young, ambitious and wracked by insecurities about their identities and futures. But their specific insecurity is chronic and exhausting: They live in cars, couch surf and sneak into campus buildings to spend the night. Unfortunately, these experiences are more common than many ever suspected.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘It’s hard, it’s really hard’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\">study\u003c/a> released Dec. 5 reveals that one out of three community college students in California grapples with some form of housing insecurity, up to and including homelessness. Black men, Southeast Asians and multiethnic students are particularly affected, according to the report from the \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Community College Equity Assessment Lab\u003c/a> at San Diego State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t remember what home feels like,” said 24-year-old Ebony Ortega, an ethnic studies major at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>. Ortega sleeps in her car, at friends’ apartments or at secret spots on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been quite some few years since I’ve felt like there’s some sort of comfort, security and just stability,” she added. “It’s hard, it’s really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. 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Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than 56,000 students identified as homeless on their 2013-2014 Federal Student Aid forms. But experts believe that’s an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many students do not check that box on their financial aid either because they don’t know it’s there, or they don’t think of themselves as homeless,” said \u003ca href=\"https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/social-work/staff-and-faculty/RashidaCrutchfield.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rashida Crutchfield\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. Students who couch surf, for example, might not realize they are technically homeless, or may resist the stigma of that label.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Invisible Population\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another study found that one reason the population is hard to quantify is because these students are “invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Brittany Jones nor Ebony Ortega fits the stereotypical image conjured up by the word “homeless.” Ortega cultivates a punk-rock look and works long shifts at a Starbucks in downtown San Francisco. She spends her paycheck on tuition instead of rent, because she can’t afford both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents did not just come here for me to hang out, and just have some regular working-class job,” Ortega said. Her parents immigrated from Mexico, and she grew up poor in Palmdale (Los Angeles County).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: A Day in the Life of a Homeless College Student\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/BrittanyJones800.jpg\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Follow a day in the life of homeless Laney College student Brittany Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless U: Homework Without A Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I get scared that if I stop, I won’t be able to get up and do what I do now,” she added. “I’m already this far. So it’s just like, I might as well keep going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones, for her part, takes pains with her thrift-store outfits, and sports a new hairstyle practically every week. She’s acutely conscious of her hygiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like just because I’m homeless that I have to look the part,” she said, while walking by a tent encampment under a freeway in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Jones grew up at great risk for homelessness: Her mother died when she was 5, and her father was fatally shot when she was just a newborn. She spent years in foster care, and since age 19 has essentially been homeless: bouncing between relatives, group homes and shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Trunk-Sized Safe Space\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A year ago, Jones had a bed in a transitional home for former foster youth. She explained she lost that spot when she broke the rules, letting a guest in when she wasn’t supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, she sleeps where she can: couches and floors when they’re offered, buses and BART trains when they’re not. She always carries a change of clothes, laundry detergent and toiletries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, Jones stayed up all night on a San Francisco pier, and a week before that at a 24-hour Carl’s Jr. When that happens, she heads to a BART station by 4 a.m., to catch the day’s first train. Aside from a friend’s apartment, it’s the only place she feels safe actually falling asleep. A few hours later, she wakes and drags herself off, eager to avoid the stares of the rush-hour crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”qX6cO3dkrSWbMdIuXgcrvh51LvzEiRWM”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from high school in Antioch, Jones wasn’t convinced college was for her. Instead, she came to the conclusion gradually while working overnight jobs as a security guard or grocery stocker. Years went by, but she never advanced financially or professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to go to college to better myself, honestly,” Jones said. “I want to be in a totally better situation. I know school is the key.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.laney.edu/wp/\" target=\"_blank\">Laney College\u003c/a>, near Lake Merritt in Oakland, one of her “safe zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This semester she is taking an English class and a life-skills class. As a low-income student, she receives a monthly food stipend for the campus cafeteria. But none of her classmates know she is homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has another safe zone: a stuffy storage locker no bigger than a car trunk in industrial West Oakland. She’ll spend a few hours a day there doing homework, organizing her belongings or writing in her journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Forward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As more colleges and universities gain an understanding of the scope of housing and food insecurity among their students, they’re experimenting with solutions. Some campuses have established \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41478480.html\" target=\"_blank\">food pantries\u003c/a>, and others provide short-term housing for students in crisis, or those who have nowhere to go for the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, California enacted new laws to assist homeless college students. Community colleges, for example, must grant homeless students priority when registering for classes, allow them \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/governor-signs-bills-to-help-homeless-college-students-and-boost-4-year-graduation-rates/\" target=\"_blank\">access to campus showers\u003c/a> and designate a staff person to assist them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also organizing: UC Berkeley now has a Homeless Student Union, and in October two UCLA students opened the Bruin Shelter in Santa Monica for anyone enrolled at UCLA or other schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James de la Nueve, a civil engineering student at Santa Monica College, is one of the shelter’s first residents. He was kicked out of his house after a family fight, and said the shelter helps keep him focused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to be on the academic track,” he said. “I’m not trying to continue being on the streets forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rashida Crutchfield at CSU Long Beach likes the idea of a college shelter, but said it’s not enough. If she were a student, she said, “It’s important to maybe catch me before I’m homeless and make sure I’m getting the financial support that I need, or getting access to support services that I need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Internal Support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Brittany Jones, the daily search for shelter is an awkward social tiptoe. She sends texts to friends and relatives every evening, hoping one will ping her back and offer her a place to stay. She doesn’t want to ask outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like to like wear out my welcome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although her parents are dead, Jones has mental conversations with them every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like they’re the ones listening to me,” she explained. “I like to look in the mirror and talk to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a home, Jones has constructed an internal shelter made up of memories, role models, and her hopes and dreams for a college degree, perhaps in business or social work. “I just try to be, like, my own support system. Be my own encouragement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211593\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1180x845.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-960x688.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Additional reporting by April Dembosky and Ana Tintocalis\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t remember what home feels like,” said 24-year-old Ebony Ortega, an ethnic studies major at \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfsu.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco State University\u003c/a>. Ortega sleeps in her car, at friends’ apartments or at secret spots on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been quite some few years since I’ve felt like there’s some sort of comfort, security and just stability,” she added. “It’s hard, it’s really hard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211331\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211331\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23167_161201_EbonyOrtega_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ebony Ortega, a college student at San Francisco State University experiencing housing insecurity, studies on her computer during her work breaks. Ortega currently works at a Starbucks in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nationally, more than 56,000 students identified as homeless on their 2013-2014 Federal Student Aid forms. But experts believe that’s an undercount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many students do not check that box on their financial aid either because they don’t know it’s there, or they don’t think of themselves as homeless,” said \u003ca href=\"https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/chhs/departments/social-work/staff-and-faculty/RashidaCrutchfield.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rashida Crutchfield\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. Students who couch surf, for example, might not realize they are technically homeless, or may resist the stigma of that label.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Invisible Population\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another study found that one reason the population is hard to quantify is because these students are “invisible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neither Brittany Jones nor Ebony Ortega fits the stereotypical image conjured up by the word “homeless.” Ortega cultivates a punk-rock look and works long shifts at a Starbucks in downtown San Francisco. She spends her paycheck on tuition instead of rent, because she can’t afford both.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My parents did not just come here for me to hang out, and just have some regular working-class job,” Ortega said. Her parents immigrated from Mexico, and she grew up poor in Palmdale (Los Angeles County).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">PHOTOS: A Day in the Life of a Homeless College Student\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/BrittanyJones800.jpg\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Follow a day in the life of homeless Laney College student Brittany Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/08/homelessu-a-college-students-life-without-shelter/\" target=\"_blank\">Homeless U: Homework Without A Home\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“I get scared that if I stop, I won’t be able to get up and do what I do now,” she added. “I’m already this far. So it’s just like, I might as well keep going.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones, for her part, takes pains with her thrift-store outfits, and sports a new hairstyle practically every week. She’s acutely conscious of her hygiene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t feel like just because I’m homeless that I have to look the part,” she said, while walking by a tent encampment under a freeway in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet Jones grew up at great risk for homelessness: Her mother died when she was 5, and her father was fatally shot when she was just a newborn. She spent years in foster care, and since age 19 has essentially been homeless: bouncing between relatives, group homes and shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>A Trunk-Sized Safe Space\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A year ago, Jones had a bed in a transitional home for former foster youth. She explained she lost that spot when she broke the rules, letting a guest in when she wasn’t supposed to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, she sleeps where she can: couches and floors when they’re offered, buses and BART trains when they’re not. She always carries a change of clothes, laundry detergent and toiletries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, Jones stayed up all night on a San Francisco pier, and a week before that at a 24-hour Carl’s Jr. When that happens, she heads to a BART station by 4 a.m., to catch the day’s first train. Aside from a friend’s apartment, it’s the only place she feels safe actually falling asleep. A few hours later, she wakes and drags herself off, eager to avoid the stares of the rush-hour crowds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After graduating from high school in Antioch, Jones wasn’t convinced college was for her. Instead, she came to the conclusion gradually while working overnight jobs as a security guard or grocery stocker. Years went by, but she never advanced financially or professionally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to go to college to better myself, honestly,” Jones said. “I want to be in a totally better situation. I know school is the key.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.laney.edu/wp/\" target=\"_blank\">Laney College\u003c/a>, near Lake Merritt in Oakland, one of her “safe zones.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This semester she is taking an English class and a life-skills class. As a low-income student, she receives a monthly food stipend for the campus cafeteria. But none of her classmates know she is homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jones has another safe zone: a stuffy storage locker no bigger than a car trunk in industrial West Oakland. She’ll spend a few hours a day there doing homework, organizing her belongings or writing in her journal.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Moving Forward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As more colleges and universities gain an understanding of the scope of housing and food insecurity among their students, they’re experimenting with solutions. Some campuses have established \u003ca href=\"http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41478480.html\" target=\"_blank\">food pantries\u003c/a>, and others provide short-term housing for students in crisis, or those who have nowhere to go for the holidays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In September, California enacted new laws to assist homeless college students. Community colleges, for example, must grant homeless students priority when registering for classes, allow them \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/09/21/governor-signs-bills-to-help-homeless-college-students-and-boost-4-year-graduation-rates/\" target=\"_blank\">access to campus showers\u003c/a> and designate a staff person to assist them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also organizing: UC Berkeley now has a Homeless Student Union, and in October two UCLA students opened the Bruin Shelter in Santa Monica for anyone enrolled at UCLA or other schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James de la Nueve, a civil engineering student at Santa Monica College, is one of the shelter’s first residents. He was kicked out of his house after a family fight, and said the shelter helps keep him focused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m trying to be on the academic track,” he said. “I’m not trying to continue being on the streets forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rashida Crutchfield at CSU Long Beach likes the idea of a college shelter, but said it’s not enough. If she were a student, she said, “It’s important to maybe catch me before I’m homeless and make sure I’m getting the financial support that I need, or getting access to support services that I need.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211588\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211588\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS23255_IMG_2158-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents and volunteers study at the Bruin Shelter, a new shelter for homeless college students in Santa Monica. \u003ccite>(April Dembosky/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Internal Support\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>For Brittany Jones, the daily search for shelter is an awkward social tiptoe. She sends texts to friends and relatives every evening, hoping one will ping her back and offer her a place to stay. She doesn’t want to ask outright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like to like wear out my welcome,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although her parents are dead, Jones has mental conversations with them every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like they’re the ones listening to me,” she explained. “I like to look in the mirror and talk to them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without a home, Jones has constructed an internal shelter made up of memories, role models, and her hopes and dreams for a college degree, perhaps in business or social work. “I just try to be, like, my own support system. Be my own encouragement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211593\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11211593\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-800x573.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-160x115.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1020x730.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-1180x845.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-960x688.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-240x172.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-375x269.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/RS22986_161129_BrittanyJones_bhs24-qut-520x372.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones, a homeless student at Laney College, arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Karima Aucar and her six brothers and sisters were nothing short of gleeful moving into their new home in Daly City after a year of sleeping in a van, on a garage floor and in transitional low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don't think we're supposed to be here,\" giggled 13-year-old Karima as she peered over a fence. \"This is the neighbor's fence.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teenager beamed as she explored her new digs and appeared far more at ease and unburdened than when we \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/30/what-happens-when-one-working-family-becomes-homeless/\" target=\"_blank\">first met in June\u003c/a>. Back then she was living with her family in transitional housing provided by \u003ca href=\"http://lifemoves.org/\" target=\"_blank\">LifeMoves\u003c/a> in San Mateo after months of sleeping on a garage floor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/296760012\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well, it's like better than sleeping on a cold floor,\" Karima said last June before she started to cry. \"I had to wake up on my birthday sleeping on the floor, and I didn't get to celebrate it because my parents didn't have any money. It was hard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December 2015, the Aucar family were pushed out of their $2,400-a-month home they rented in Daly City for 10 years when the landlord decided to sell it. They had few options because they couldn't afford to pay the new skyrocketing rents. So the family of nine moved into Karima's grandmother's studio apartment nearby, but the neighbors complained. They then slept in the family's large van until it got so cold they ended up back at Karima's grandmother's place. This time they were sleeping in the studio's garage. They had to hide like outlaws, getting up early and returning late at night so the neighbors wouldn't complain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the kids moved into their new home last weekend, their dad, Shauky Aucar, said he hopes the past year will soon become a dim memory for his children and wife. For him, it's tough to shake off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a process we never thought we would ever get past. But thank God we did,\" Aucar said, as he began to cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 24 years, Aucar has worked full time as an orderly at UC San Francisco Medical Center taking people in and out of surgery. He continued working when the family became homeless, but he said it wasn't until he put his pride aside and asked for help that things started changing. He knew his children were watching his every move, and he couldn't let despair take over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the leader gets broken, the rest of the team is going to get broken,\" Aucar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LiveMoves, a comprehensive program providing shelters, transitional housing and emergency placement in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, stepped up to help the Aucar family. Case manager Christopher Samayoa helped the family navigate through two transitional housing situations and moved them into their new home. He said even though the Aucars had their story on KQED in June and many people reached out to help, it was hard getting landlords to rent to them because they were homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211186 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Aucar family in their new Daly City home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The seven Aucar children help their parents organize the kitchen in their Daly City home. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's a real stigma,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he said, there were other factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Usually it starts when they noticed there was a language barrier and secondly once they noticed how many kids they had in the household,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And add to that, the Aucars had a housing voucher from the San Mateo County Department of Housing to cover part of their rent. Samayoa said it's often difficult to get landlords to accept them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's when Jon Rock, a housing locator for \u003ca href=\"http://abodeservices.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Abode Services\u003c/a>, entered the picture and found a landlord who would rent the Aucars a five-bedroom home for $4,300 a month. Now, he said, the Aucars must keep up with the payments of about $2,145 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The true test is now going forward,\" said Rock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Aucars are planning for the future. All seven kids are in school, and their mom is, too. Norma Aucar is now taking English and accounting classes at a community college. The oldest daughter, 21-year-old Anshi Aucar, stayed in community college during her homeless ordeal and is thinking about going to medical school. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December 2015, the Aucar family were pushed out of their $2,400-a-month home they rented in Daly City for 10 years when the landlord decided to sell it. They had few options because they couldn't afford to pay the new skyrocketing rents. So the family of nine moved into Karima's grandmother's studio apartment nearby, but the neighbors complained. They then slept in the family's large van until it got so cold they ended up back at Karima's grandmother's place. This time they were sleeping in the studio's garage. They had to hide like outlaws, getting up early and returning late at night so the neighbors wouldn't complain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the kids moved into their new home last weekend, their dad, Shauky Aucar, said he hopes the past year will soon become a dim memory for his children and wife. For him, it's tough to shake off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It's a process we never thought we would ever get past. But thank God we did,\" Aucar said, as he began to cry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 24 years, Aucar has worked full time as an orderly at UC San Francisco Medical Center taking people in and out of surgery. He continued working when the family became homeless, but he said it wasn't until he put his pride aside and asked for help that things started changing. He knew his children were watching his every move, and he couldn't let despair take over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If the leader gets broken, the rest of the team is going to get broken,\" Aucar said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LiveMoves, a comprehensive program providing shelters, transitional housing and emergency placement in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, stepped up to help the Aucar family. Case manager Christopher Samayoa helped the family navigate through two transitional housing situations and moved them into their new home. He said even though the Aucars had their story on KQED in June and many people reached out to help, it was hard getting landlords to rent to them because they were homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11211186\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11211186 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Aucar family in their new Daly City home.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/aucar-1920-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The seven Aucar children help their parents organize the kitchen in their Daly City home. \u003ccite>(Beth Willon/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"There's a real stigma,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, he said, there were other factors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Usually it starts when they noticed there was a language barrier and secondly once they noticed how many kids they had in the household,\" Samayoa said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And add to that, the Aucars had a housing voucher from the San Mateo County Department of Housing to cover part of their rent. Samayoa said it's often difficult to get landlords to accept them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's when Jon Rock, a housing locator for \u003ca href=\"http://abodeservices.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Abode Services\u003c/a>, entered the picture and found a landlord who would rent the Aucars a five-bedroom home for $4,300 a month. Now, he said, the Aucars must keep up with the payments of about $2,145 a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The true test is now going forward,\" said Rock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the Aucars are planning for the future. All seven kids are in school, and their mom is, too. Norma Aucar is now taking English and accounting classes at a community college. The oldest daughter, 21-year-old Anshi Aucar, stayed in community college during her homeless ordeal and is thinking about going to medical school. Karima, who didn't have a birthday party last year, is planning a big celebration in her new home when she turns 14 years old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"So I'm pretty sure it's going to be better this year. Have all my friends over, eat cake and a lot of candy,\" Karima said with an enormous smile.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>“Most people don’t think that if you’re in college that you could possibly be homeless,” says social work professor Rashida Crutchfield of California State Long Beach. But her research has uncovered a troubling world where students struggle to survive both in and out of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/documents/ServingDisplacedandFoodInsecureStudetnsintheCSUJanuary20163.8.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study \u003c/a>conducted by Cal State University revealed nearly one in 10 students in that system is homeless or teetering on the brink of homelessness. A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar study\u003c/a> conducted at the community college level found this number to be almost one in three students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the homeless undergraduate population is largely invisible: They often look just like the average student. To put a face on the issue, we followed a Laney College student, 24-year-old Brittany Jones, as she navigates the streets, classrooms and “safe spaces” that make up her world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”470″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200565 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones boards a train on her way to her storage unit in West Oakland. “I know BART like the back of my hand,” she says. She spends several hours a day on BART getting around, or just spending time there as a way to rest. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, spends a lot of time on Bart going back and forth between school, work and her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the train, Brittany Jones looks for jobs on Craigslist on her phone. She’s currently unemployed, but in the past she’s worked in overnight security or as a grocery stocker. She wants something similar now. In the meantime, some state grants through the school help her get by. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200567 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones pushes a set of portable stairs down the hallway of her storage unit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200568 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones goes through her belongings in storage unit to put together clothes for the upcoming weekend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ storage locker is one of her few “safe spaces.” She spends up to three hours a day here, organizing her things, doing homework and writing in her journal. Her most significant possessions are in here, including a picture of her mother, who passed away when Jones was just 5 years old. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200569 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones prepares her bag for the next 24 hours. “I take a pair of clothes I’m going to change into, a pair of underclothes,” she says. She even carries small containers of laundry detergent. “I’m on the go, so everything is on the go,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200571 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Brittany Jones aged out of the foster care system five years ago, she’s largely been homeless. She lost her most recent spot in a group home a year ago when she violated a policy, letting in a guest when she wasn’t supposed to. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200572 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since losing her own housing, Brittany Jones relies on others to offer her a place to stay each night. She texts friends during the day, but never asks outright if she can spend the night. She doesn’t want to impose. Eventually, one of Jones’ friends replies and asks if Jones is coming to meet her — a coded invitation. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and often sleeps on the Bart train in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on BART, Brittany Jones heads to Richmond, where she’ll meet up with her friend. She takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she isn’t staying inside anywhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200574 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones checks her phone on her way to her grandmother’s house in Richmond. Her bright red bag carries all off her clothes she’ll need for the weekend before she goes back to her storage unit for more. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones checks in with her friend as she makes her way over. Her bright red bag is full of clothes, toiletries, homework and more. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200575 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones meets her friend in Richmond. Tonight she’ll sleep on the floor of her friend’s bedroom. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>“Most people don’t think that if you’re in college that you could possibly be homeless,” says social work professor Rashida Crutchfield of California State Long Beach. But her research has uncovered a troubling world where students struggle to survive both in and out of the classroom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.calstate.edu/AcadAff/documents/ServingDisplacedandFoodInsecureStudetnsintheCSUJanuary20163.8.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study \u003c/a>conducted by Cal State University revealed nearly one in 10 students in that system is homeless or teetering on the brink of homelessness. A \u003ca href=\"http://cceal.org/food-housing-report/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar study\u003c/a> conducted at the community college level found this number to be almost one in three students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say the homeless undergraduate population is largely invisible: They often look just like the average student. To put a face on the issue, we followed a Laney College student, 24-year-old Brittany Jones, as she navigates the streets, classrooms and “safe spaces” that make up her world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”470″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″&visual=true&”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/297579027″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200565 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs03-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones boards a train on her way to her storage unit in West Oakland. “I know BART like the back of my hand,” she says. She spends several hours a day on BART getting around, or just spending time there as a way to rest. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11200566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, spends a lot of time on Bart going back and forth between school, work and her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs05-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riding the train, Brittany Jones looks for jobs on Craigslist on her phone. She’s currently unemployed, but in the past she’s worked in overnight security or as a grocery stocker. She wants something similar now. In the meantime, some state grants through the school help her get by. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200567 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones pushes a set of portable stairs down the hallway of her storage unit.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs09-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ life is a fine dance of details and logistics: Will she have enough money for dinner tonight? Will she be able to sneak into the seat next to the secret power outlet on BART to charge her phone? Will she find a free set of metal stairs so she can access her upper-level storage locker? \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200568 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones goes through her belongings in storage unit to put together clothes for the upcoming weekend.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs10-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ storage locker is one of her few “safe spaces.” She spends up to three hours a day here, organizing her things, doing homework and writing in her journal. Her most significant possessions are in here, including a picture of her mother, who passed away when Jones was just 5 years old. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200569 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs11-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones prepares her bag for the next 24 hours. “I take a pair of clothes I’m going to change into, a pair of underclothes,” she says. She even carries small containers of laundry detergent. “I’m on the go, so everything is on the go,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200570 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs14-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones’ parents both passed away when she was a child. Since then, she’s bounced between foster homes and the houses of friends and relatives. She’s close to counselors at school and select friends and family members. Largely, though, she draws on inner strength. “I just try to be my own support system, be my own encouragement,” she says. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200571 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, makes her way from class to her storage unit in West Oakland. Jones is currently homeless and spends up to three hours a day at her storage unit organizing her belongings, doing homework, or relaxing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs15-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since Brittany Jones aged out of the foster care system five years ago, she’s largely been homeless. She lost her most recent spot in a group home a year ago when she violated a policy, letting in a guest when she wasn’t supposed to. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200572\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200572 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College is currently homeless. Jones trades off between staying at friends or relatives houses and sleeping on Bart in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161118_BrittanyJones_bhs16-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Since losing her own housing, Brittany Jones relies on others to offer her a place to stay each night. She texts friends during the day, but never asks outright if she can spend the night. She doesn’t want to impose. Eventually, one of Jones’ friends replies and asks if Jones is coming to meet her — a coded invitation. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200573 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones, a student at Laney College, is currently homeless and often sleeps on the Bart train in the early mornings before school.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs17-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back on BART, Brittany Jones heads to Richmond, where she’ll meet up with her friend. She takes a rest in a familiar place on the train. On nights when she isn’t staying inside anywhere, she’ll stay awake in a 24-hour restaurant or ride San Francisco’s all-night buses before she boards the earliest BART train of the day, sleeping until the rush-hour crowd arrives. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200574 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones checks her phone on her way to her grandmother’s house in Richmond. Her bright red bag carries all off her clothes she’ll need for the weekend before she goes back to her storage unit for more. \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs21-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones checks in with her friend as she makes her way over. Her bright red bag is full of clothes, toiletries, homework and more. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11200575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11200575 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Jones arrives at her grandmother’s house in Richmond to wait until she knows where she’ll be staying for the night.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/161129_BrittanyJones_bhs23-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brittany Jones meets her friend in Richmond. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. The report also states that CSU campuses need funding just to extend research on student homelessness and food insecurity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of those campuses, San Francisco State University (SFSU), has yet to directly address student displacement, despite an increasingly expensive housing market. The school \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/28/housing-shortage-for-college-students-in-san-francisco/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides housing for 4,000 of its nearly 30,000 students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Room and board cost between \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/forms/FeeSchedule.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$9,000 to $17,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a year to live on campus, while the median rent for a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-bedroom in San Francisco is close to $4,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a month. To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. The most prominent population they serve is the LGBTQ community.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Homeless youth are disproportionately students of color, queer and trans students,” said Vanessa Raditz, an instructor for Bridge Academy, a Larkin Street class for homeless youth who are preparing for college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209481\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11209481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school. \u003ccite>(Nailah Morgan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexis Moran, 25, is one of hundreds of LGBT displaced youth in San Francisco. She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. Also, only \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=mcnair\">12 percent of low-income students will graduate from college by the age of 24\u003c/a>, according to a report published last year\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though some may consider student loans a quick fix, Summers and Moran both decided they didn't want to go into debt. The average debt of San Francisco State University graduates \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015#overlay=posd/state_data/2015/ca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">was $22,441 in 2014\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Over the past decade, aggregate student debt has quintupled, rising from $250 billion to about $1 trillion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It seems like this super simple basic thing: shelter for a person to live in. But for some reason, it’s something people just can’t have,” said Summers. “You have to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps when you don't have a boot and you don't have the stuff you need to make a boot.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The phrase “starving student” has become so well accepted in the college vernacular that California State University (CSU) campuses have done little to no research into how many of their enrolled students are homeless, according to a report from earlier this year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But, more than 10,000 students in California labeled themselves as “independent homeless youth” on their Free Application for Federal Student Aid in 2013-2014. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the most recent \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State University report\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, only one out of 23 CSU campuses have launched a program to help displaced youth. The report also states that CSU campuses need funding just to extend research on student homelessness and food insecurity. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of those campuses, San Francisco State University (SFSU), has yet to directly address student displacement, despite an increasingly expensive housing market. The school \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/04/28/housing-shortage-for-college-students-in-san-francisco/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">provides housing for 4,000 of its nearly 30,000 students\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Room and board cost between \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://housing.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/forms/FeeSchedule.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">$9,000 to $17,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a year to live on campus, while the median rent for a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-francisco-rent-trends/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">one-bedroom in San Francisco is close to $4,000\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a month. To address the scarcity of student housing, the school has proposed a project that will provide beds for over 400 additional students by 2018. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homeless students must access resources outside campus. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://larkinstreetyouth.org/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larkin Street Youth Center\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of the largest nonprofit groups serving homeless youth in San Francisco. The most prominent population they serve is the LGBTQ community.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Homeless youth are disproportionately students of color, queer and trans students,” said Vanessa Raditz, an instructor for Bridge Academy, a Larkin Street class for homeless youth who are preparing for college.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11209481\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-11209481\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-160x90.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-240x135.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-375x211.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/12/Alexis-Moran-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFSU student Alexis Moran was homeless after moving to S.F. for school. \u003ccite>(Nailah Morgan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alexis Moran, 25, is one of hundreds of LGBT displaced youth in San Francisco. She was homeless when she started her college career.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I took a risk coming [to San Francisco] honestly ... I had no idea of where I was going to live. I was afraid of living on the streets,” said Moran.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moran is from Bakersfield and is finishing her fourth semester at San Francisco State University. When she first arrived, Moran slept on friends’ couches before seeking help from Larkin. The group helped her to bridge moving from motel to shelter, until she finally qualified for a more stable housing program through Larkin. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“They helped me so much. They helped me get housing,\" she said. \"They helped me get books. ... They have helped me keep my stability out here.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like other homeless youth, campus housing wasn't a realistic choice for Moran because she says it was too expensive. She received a scholarship that covered only tuition. Moran hopes that SFSU creates more of a dialogue around displaced youth. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I didn’t feel like I got any support from [San Francisco State University]. ... I didn’t know where to go for resources.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://presspage-production-content.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/1487/cohomelessstudy.pdf?10000\">California State University report\u003c/a>,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 79 percent of displaced youth don’t know how to navigate resources and available services. In addition, 49 percent of CSU staff said “they were in need of more information about how to appropriately support students facing these social issues.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dian Blue Summers, 20, is from the Bay Area and is non-gender binary, meaning they don’t identify with male or female pronouns. Summers was kicked out of their parent’s house at age 17 after coming out to their father. Summers found solace at Larkin’s LGBT shelter shortly after. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Summers now attends the City College of San Francisco and hopes to enroll at SFSU next fall, and continue living in Larkin Street housing. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no state funding for student housing, and the U.S. Housing Department doesn’t offer\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_20482.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Section 8 housing\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for independent homeless students. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The major factors leading to homelessness are poverty and a lack of affordable housing and access to public assistance. Students experiencing displacement are found to have lower educational outcomes and poorer overall health. Also, only \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://commons.emich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1093&context=mcnair\">12 percent of low-income students will graduate from college by the age of 24\u003c/a>, according to a report published last year\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though some may consider student loans a quick fix, Summers and Moran both decided they didn't want to go into debt. The average debt of San Francisco State University graduates \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://ticas.org/posd/state-state-data-2015#overlay=posd/state_data/2015/ca\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">was $22,441 in 2014\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a fenced-in parking lot in West Oakland, Nicole Hanke wrestles with a piece of cardboard that she’s trying to fashion into a protective shelter. The forecast is for rain, and Hanke will be sleeping on concrete. Her bed will be cardboard and a sleeping bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Hanke has a home and a steady job at Cisco in San Jose, she’s spending Friday night sleeping outside with over 30 other people, all of whom have been fundraising for the last few months for the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://covenanthousecalifornia.org/index-pg.php\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant House\u003c/a>. This organization helps homeless youth between 18 and 24 years old with free housing, food and job services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/294097787&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covenant House staff members estimate that there are roughly 3,500 homeless youth in the Bay Area. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/the-state-of-homelessness-in-america-2015\" target=\"_blank\">National Alliance to End Homelessness\u003c/a>, homeless youth numbered over 45,000 in the United States in 2014. Covenant House staff say most residents lack a safety net. Many young people who stay there are former foster youth, identify as LGBT, or are immigrants who have come from Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11183651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11183651\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kat (center), a current resident of the Covenant House, speaks about her struggles with housing insecurity to those attending the Sleep Out.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kat (center), a current resident of the Covenant House, speaks about her struggles with housing insecurity to those attending the Sleep Out. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Connie Chung is sleeping out for a second year in a row. She says, “When you’re homeless, it’s not just the loss of your physical residence.” Beyond that, “it’s the loss of a psychological sense of safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung experienced periodic homelessness during her teens, until she found a stable home at the Covenant House in Los Angeles. There, she says, she started to heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What really helped me was love. Sounds kind of corny, but I really believe every kid needs some adult who loves them insanely, unconditionally, irrationally, without limit. And I received that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11183650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11183650 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Those attending the Sleep Out made their beds with cardboard boxes, blankets and sleeping bags in the parking lot of covenant House in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Those attending the Sleep Out made their beds with cardboard boxes, blankets and sleeping bags in the parking lot of Covenant House in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covenant House hopes the Oakland Sleep Out — which raised $87,444 — and similar events in other cities heighten awareness about the many young people who are homeless.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In a fenced-in parking lot in West Oakland, Nicole Hanke wrestles with a piece of cardboard that she’s trying to fashion into a protective shelter. The forecast is for rain, and Hanke will be sleeping on concrete. Her bed will be cardboard and a sleeping bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Hanke has a home and a steady job at Cisco in San Jose, she’s spending Friday night sleeping outside with over 30 other people, all of whom have been fundraising for the last few months for the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://covenanthousecalifornia.org/index-pg.php\" target=\"_blank\">Covenant House\u003c/a>. This organization helps homeless youth between 18 and 24 years old with free housing, food and job services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/294097787&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covenant House staff members estimate that there are roughly 3,500 homeless youth in the Bay Area. According to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.endhomelessness.org/library/entry/the-state-of-homelessness-in-america-2015\" target=\"_blank\">National Alliance to End Homelessness\u003c/a>, homeless youth numbered over 45,000 in the United States in 2014. Covenant House staff say most residents lack a safety net. Many young people who stay there are former foster youth, identify as LGBT, or are immigrants who have come from Central America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11183651\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11183651\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Kat (center), a current resident of the Covenant House, speaks about her struggles with housing insecurity to those attending the Sleep Out.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22157_161118_SleepOut_bhs02-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kat (center), a current resident of the Covenant House, speaks about her struggles with housing insecurity to those attending the Sleep Out. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Connie Chung is sleeping out for a second year in a row. She says, “When you’re homeless, it’s not just the loss of your physical residence.” Beyond that, “it’s the loss of a psychological sense of safety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chung experienced periodic homelessness during her teens, until she found a stable home at the Covenant House in Los Angeles. There, she says, she started to heal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What really helped me was love. Sounds kind of corny, but I really believe every kid needs some adult who loves them insanely, unconditionally, irrationally, without limit. And I received that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11183650\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11183650 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Those attending the Sleep Out made their beds with cardboard boxes, blankets and sleeping bags in the parking lot of covenant House in Oakland, California.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/RS22159_161118_SleepOut_bhs03-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Those attending the Sleep Out made their beds with cardboard boxes, blankets and sleeping bags in the parking lot of Covenant House in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Covenant House hopes the Oakland Sleep Out — which raised $87,444 — and similar events in other cities heighten awareness about the many young people who are homeless.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Billy Cunningham has been eligible to cast a ballot almost as long as he’s lived in San Francisco. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I’ve been here overs 40 years. I came to San Francisco about 10 or 11,” says Cunningham, sitting in an office at the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing is, though: He hasn’t voted. Not even the \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">chance to vote for America’s first black president could move him.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289950288″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Never really been into voting, politics and none of that,” he says\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Cunningham fell on hard times a while back, was homeless for a time. Now he’s living in a single-room-occupancy hotel. He also enrolled in a civics course offered by Episcopal Community Services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Voting came up one day and I registered to vote in class,” says Cunningham.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Yeah,” chimes in Cunningham’s teacher, Katherine Powell. “Billy became a first-time voter as, and I’ll say this is because we’re the same age, a very mature adult.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Cunningham and Katherine Powell discuss work in a classroom at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-400x293.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1180x863.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-960x703.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billy Cunningham and Katherine Powell discuss work in a classroom at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Powell says she’s inspired by Billy’s newfound passion for voting. “I just really like the fact that Billy is a voter and is spreading that enthusiasm to other students” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Powell’s civics course includes discussion of voting rights, how to read an election manual and the occasional visit from local election officials. It’s designed for people who are homeless. Or, like Cunningham, just getting back on their feet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“A lot of people just haven’t had the chance to be engaged or somehow thought that their vote wouldn’t matter,” says Powell.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127176\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-800x600.jpg\" alt=\" Katherine Powell teaches a civics course for an adult education program run by Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Powell teaches a civics course for an adult education program run by Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Black Americans cemented their right to vote 51 years ago with passage of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.civilrights.org/voting-rights/vra/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voting Rights Act\u003c/a>. In 1920, women broke down barriers to the ballot box. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But only in the last 30 years have homeless Americans done the same. Not only does their vote matter, say advocates, but you can cast that ballot even if you have no fixed address. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Luckily you can,” says \u003ca href=\"http://cangress.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Community Action Network (LACAN) \u003c/a>executive director Pete White. He says people can list a shelter or a public park where they sleep. They don’t even need to be that specific. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“On the voter registration affidavit there’s a line that says: address or cross streets,” explains White. “That one line, ‘or cross streets,’ came about as a result of houseless advocates fighting for a campaign to make sure people without homes were not disenfranchised.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Last month, LACAN wrapped up a 30-day voter registration project on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/04/07/skid-row-in-los-angeles-a-city-within-a-city/\">Skid Row,\u003c/a> a stretch of downtown L.A. that’s home to a big concentration of shelters and other services. This month they’re focusing on locating registered voters in areas with high rates of homelessness to make sure they can vote if they want to. That includes people like TC Alexander, who lives in a tent on the sidewalk just outside the offices of LACAN. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">After he feeds his dog some lunch, we duck inside the building to get away from the street noise. Alexander says he’s been homeless off and on since the mid-1980s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Even so, Alexander rarely misses the chance to vote. When he was a kid, he joined his mom on voter registration drives across Los Angeles\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I’m going with my mother downtown, anywhere, at an outing, a concert. She was educating me about the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” says Alexander. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Thirty years ago Alexander participated in demonstrations at L.A. City Hall demanding the homeless be allowed to vote. It was around the time a group of \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalhomeless.org/projects/vote/court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeless men sued Santa Barbara County \u003c/a>when their voter registration forms were denied because they listed a public park as their home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The men won. And the state of California revised its eligibility rules.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“You don’t need an ID to vote. Why should you need an address to vote,” says Alexander. “You had to fight for everything. We had to fight for that right for homeless people to vote as citizens of the United States.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">There’s an estimated 28,000 homeless people in the city of L.A. and about half a million nationwide — a massive, largely untapped voting bloc.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We know on any given night there are hundreds of thousands of people who are homeless,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.innercitylaw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inner City Law Center \u003c/a>policy director Jerry Jones. “And voting is especially important, given how poorly served people who are living in destitution are from our government.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Jones says the November election in L.A. is unlike any in recent memory. And not because of who’s running for president. There’s a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lachamber.com/advocacy/measure-hhh/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.2 billion bond measure on the ballot \u003c/a>that supporters hope will spur construction of up to 10,000 units of permanent supportive housing over the next decade.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“So, showing up and voting is especially important to people who are experiencing homelessness (because) there is finally real hope of getting the resources we need to make a difference in this crisis in L.A.,” says Jones.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">In San Francisco, voters are weighing \u003ca href=\"http://www.lwvsf.org/elections-2/pro-cons-prop-q-november-8-2016-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition Q\u003c/a>. It aims to crack down on makeshift homeless encampments by requiring people to move into a shelter if space is available. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in that civics class Katherine Powell teaches at Episcopal Community Services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127178\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in a civics class at Episcopal Community Services\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-400x269.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-1180x792.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-960x645.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in a civics class at Episcopal Community Services \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">It was Billy Cunningham’s first chance to consider its pros and cons. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“The city does need to be cleaned up, but where you gonna put these people?” asks Cunningham. “There are only four or five shelters, and they are overcrowded. I’d rather walk over people than to have people just pushed aside, and no telling what you gonna do with them.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Cunningham says he hadn’t really planned to launch a one-man voter drive. But there is this friend of his, a Vietnam veteran who’s homeless. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I believe he prefers to be on the streets, why I don’t know. But I believe he is a registered voter,” says Cunningham. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">So maybe he’ll start there. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Billy Cunningham has been eligible to cast a ballot almost as long as he’s lived in San Francisco. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I’ve been here overs 40 years. I came to San Francisco about 10 or 11,” says Cunningham, sitting in an office at the nonprofit \u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The thing is, though: He hasn’t voted. Not even the \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">chance to vote for America’s first black president could move him.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='”100%”' height='”166″'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289950288″&visual=true&”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false”'\n title='”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/289950288″'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Never really been into voting, politics and none of that,” he says\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Cunningham fell on hard times a while back, was homeless for a time. Now he’s living in a single-room-occupancy hotel. He also enrolled in a civics course offered by Episcopal Community Services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Voting came up one day and I registered to vote in class,” says Cunningham.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Yeah,” chimes in Cunningham’s teacher, Katherine Powell. “Billy became a first-time voter as, and I’ll say this is because we’re the same age, a very mature adult.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127175\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127175\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg\" alt=\"Billy Cunningham and Katherine Powell discuss work in a classroom at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-800x585.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-400x293.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-1180x863.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-V_Katherine-and-Billy-960x703.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Billy Cunningham and Katherine Powell discuss work in a classroom at Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Powell says she’s inspired by Billy’s newfound passion for voting. “I just really like the fact that Billy is a voter and is spreading that enthusiasm to other students” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Powell’s civics course includes discussion of voting rights, how to read an election manual and the occasional visit from local election officials. It’s designed for people who are homeless. Or, like Cunningham, just getting back on their feet. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“A lot of people just haven’t had the chance to be engaged or somehow thought that their vote wouldn’t matter,” says Powell.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127176\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127176\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-800x600.jpg\" alt=\" Katherine Powell teaches a civics course for an adult education program run by Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/HOMELESS-VOTERS-_Katherine-portrait-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katherine Powell teaches a civics course for an adult education program run by Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Black Americans cemented their right to vote 51 years ago with passage of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.civilrights.org/voting-rights/vra/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voting Rights Act\u003c/a>. In 1920, women broke down barriers to the ballot box. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">But only in the last 30 years have homeless Americans done the same. Not only does their vote matter, say advocates, but you can cast that ballot even if you have no fixed address. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“Luckily you can,” says \u003ca href=\"http://cangress.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L.A. Community Action Network (LACAN) \u003c/a>executive director Pete White. He says people can list a shelter or a public park where they sleep. They don’t even need to be that specific. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“On the voter registration affidavit there’s a line that says: address or cross streets,” explains White. “That one line, ‘or cross streets,’ came about as a result of houseless advocates fighting for a campaign to make sure people without homes were not disenfranchised.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Last month, LACAN wrapped up a 30-day voter registration project on \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/04/07/skid-row-in-los-angeles-a-city-within-a-city/\">Skid Row,\u003c/a> a stretch of downtown L.A. that’s home to a big concentration of shelters and other services. This month they’re focusing on locating registered voters in areas with high rates of homelessness to make sure they can vote if they want to. That includes people like TC Alexander, who lives in a tent on the sidewalk just outside the offices of LACAN. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">After he feeds his dog some lunch, we duck inside the building to get away from the street noise. Alexander says he’s been homeless off and on since the mid-1980s. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Even so, Alexander rarely misses the chance to vote. When he was a kid, he joined his mom on voter registration drives across Los Angeles\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I’m going with my mother downtown, anywhere, at an outing, a concert. She was educating me about the Voting Rights Act of 1965,” says Alexander. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Thirty years ago Alexander participated in demonstrations at L.A. City Hall demanding the homeless be allowed to vote. It was around the time a group of \u003ca href=\"http://www.nationalhomeless.org/projects/vote/court.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homeless men sued Santa Barbara County \u003c/a>when their voter registration forms were denied because they listed a public park as their home. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">The men won. And the state of California revised its eligibility rules.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“You don’t need an ID to vote. Why should you need an address to vote,” says Alexander. “You had to fight for everything. We had to fight for that right for homeless people to vote as citizens of the United States.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">There’s an estimated 28,000 homeless people in the city of L.A. and about half a million nationwide — a massive, largely untapped voting bloc.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“We know on any given night there are hundreds of thousands of people who are homeless,” says \u003ca href=\"http://www.innercitylaw.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inner City Law Center \u003c/a>policy director Jerry Jones. “And voting is especially important, given how poorly served people who are living in destitution are from our government.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Jones says the November election in L.A. is unlike any in recent memory. And not because of who’s running for president. There’s a \u003ca href=\"http://www.lachamber.com/advocacy/measure-hhh/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1.2 billion bond measure on the ballot \u003c/a>that supporters hope will spur construction of up to 10,000 units of permanent supportive housing over the next decade.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“So, showing up and voting is especially important to people who are experiencing homelessness (because) there is finally real hope of getting the resources we need to make a difference in this crisis in L.A.,” says Jones.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">In San Francisco, voters are weighing \u003ca href=\"http://www.lwvsf.org/elections-2/pro-cons-prop-q-november-8-2016-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition Q\u003c/a>. It aims to crack down on makeshift homeless encampments by requiring people to move into a shelter if space is available. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in that civics class Katherine Powell teaches at Episcopal Community Services. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11127178\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11127178\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-800x537.jpg\" alt=\"Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in a civics class at Episcopal Community Services\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-800x537.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-400x269.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-1180x792.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/10/homeless-voters-ECS_Classroom-960x645.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proposition Q made for a lively discussion recently in a civics class at Episcopal Community Services \u003ccite>(Lacey Roberts/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">It was Billy Cunningham’s first chance to consider its pros and cons. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“The city does need to be cleaned up, but where you gonna put these people?” asks Cunningham. “There are only four or five shelters, and they are overcrowded. I’d rather walk over people than to have people just pushed aside, and no telling what you gonna do with them.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">Cunningham says he hadn’t really planned to launch a one-man voter drive. But there is this friend of his, a Vietnam veteran who’s homeless. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\">“I believe he prefers to be on the streets, why I don’t know. But I believe he is a registered voter,” says Cunningham. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>San Francisco has made headlines as a hub for technology — giants like Facebook, Apple and Google are headquartered nearby, as are a plethora of tech startups. At the same time, residents complain that those same tech companies are part of the cause of the city's \u003ca href=\"https://www.wired.com/2016/02/sfs-tech-bus-problem-isnt-about-buses-its-about-housing/\">astronomical cost of living\u003c/a> — and in turn contributing to the city's big homeless problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness in the city is \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2016/07/03/484516166/san-francisco-media-outlets-unite-to-help-end-the-citys-homelessness\">well reported\u003c/a> — the San Francisco Chronicle even ran a \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/civic-disgrace/\">front-page editorial\u003c/a> earlier this year calling the \"level and pervasiveness of homelessness in San Francisco\" a \"civic disgrace.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Measuring the number of homeless people in San Francisco is hard. One estimate gathered by a group of volunteers over one night counted 6,686 adults. The city's \u003ca href=\"http://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/56163-061316%20Homeless%20Services%20in%20SF_Bud%26LegAnalyst.pdf\">Department of Public Health\u003c/a> counts homeless people using city services over a year and counted 9,975.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco doesn't lead the country in per capita homelessness. But the reason San Francisco's homeless problem is much more visible than in other large cities is because the city has more per capita unsheltered homeless people: \"511 people on the streets for every 100,000 residents,\" as noted by \u003ca href=\"http://projects.sfchronicle.com/sf-homeless/numbers/\">the Chronicle\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naturally, someone in San Francisco had an idea to use technology to help alleviate one of the symptoms of homelessness: falling out of touch with one's family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's the mission of \u003ca href=\"http://www.miraclemessages.org/\">Miracle Messages\u003c/a>, an organization started by Kevin Adler in 2014. Volunteers record video messages from homeless people to their loved ones, who they have often not seen for many years. The organization then uses social media to publicize the videos in hope of contacting that person's family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXZS-LDVHE\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Adams lived on the streets in San Francisco for 20 years. He tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that he lost touch with his family and couldn't figure out how to make contact. \"I ain't computer smart,\" he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That changed after he recorded a video message with a Miracle Messages volunteer. Adams learned he had a half-sister named Dorothy, who had been looking for him for years. Adams says she started crying the first time he called her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's one of the success stories for founder and CEO Adler, who says messages are positively received in about 90 percent of the cases where they reach the family. 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