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"content": "\u003cp>One of the key tools in the effort to end homelessness has a weakness. The “housing first” approach adopted by communities across the country involves helping people find housing and, in many cases, subsidizing their rent. Facing a shortage of rental housing, Santa Cruz County has set out to recruit landlords to rent to people who have been homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Brad Schwartz’s case, finding a landlord who would rent to him took about six months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sitting on his couch sipping a beer, he explains that in 2007 or 2008, after two decades of homelessness, he applied for a Section 8 voucher -- a federally funded rental subsidy for people with very low incomes or disabilities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/271555780\" 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>“I got tired of being on the streets,” he says. “I decided I’d done everything I’d wanted to do while I was out there and that I wanted to tie up all my loose ends.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He continued sleeping in the woods for about five more years until county staff called and told him his name had come up on the waiting list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“ ‘Now go get your voucher and look for a place. 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The campaign is part of the county’s “\u003ca href=\"http://www.unitedwaysc.org/news/new-countywide-strategic-plan-end-homelessness-approved\">All-In Strategic Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>.” Counter to stereotypes, people who have been homeless are often quiet, reliable tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Business Based on Renting to the Formerly Homeless\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A video she plans to show to the local Rotary Club and other civic groups opens with the slogan “Landlords: You are the key to ending homelessness in Santa Cruz County.” The video includes testimonials from landlords. One of them, Jack Cross, owns about 40 small units. He says renting to subsidized tenants is good business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t like turnover, because turnover or vacancies is a headache of cleaning and advertising again and screening tenants,” Cross says. “Whereas these tenants stay for a long periods of time. The cash flow’s good and you don’t have any down time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As an incentive, the county will cover rent, if a tenant fails to pay. Conway says that’s unlikely because rent subsidies already automatically deposit into property owners’ accounts. The county will also pay a limited amount on top of the security deposit if a property gets damaged. These financial bonuses follow a model the county tried in a small program years ago. In that experience, Conway says only two small damage claims were filed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finally Home\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his search, Brad Schwartz had to request two extensions on the deadline for his voucher. He eventually got some help finding a place from John Dietz, a volunteer with 180/2020. That’s Santa Cruz County’s program that aims to make a 180-degree turnaround for the homelessness problem by the year 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“John called me one day -- Saturday or something like 8 in the morning,” Schwartz says. “And he calls me and goes, ‘I just talked to a lady and she wants us there 2 o’clock for an interview. Got a place near the beach that you’d like where you can smoke tobacco.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His house has just two rooms. It’s in a part of Santa Cruz dominated by apartment buildings. The ivy and blackberry in the yard require regular trimming. Schwartz thinks his enthusiasm for yard work might have persuaded his landlord to pick him.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I help out with the ladies in front, I help with the front yard and do a lot of raking. And do little things that help me feel like I’m being responsible,” he says. “It’s the place I live, it’s not just this box I’m renting and they can do what they want with it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conway says getting more landlords to take formerly homeless tenants is just part of the answer to the homelessness problem. Ultimately, the county needs more affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The campaign is part of the county’s “\u003ca href=\"http://www.unitedwaysc.org/news/new-countywide-strategic-plan-end-homelessness-approved\">All-In Strategic Plan to End Homelessness\u003c/a>.” Counter to stereotypes, people who have been homeless are often quiet, reliable tenants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Business Based on Renting to the Formerly Homeless\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A video she plans to show to the local Rotary Club and other civic groups opens with the slogan “Landlords: You are the key to ending homelessness in Santa Cruz County.” The video includes testimonials from landlords. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Follow \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/BHP180pDRFn/\">a night in the life \u003c/a>of S.F. Night Minister Lyle Beckman on KQED News’s Instagram. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>an Francisco Night Minister Lyle Beckman is sitting across from me at a saloon on Mission Street in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights. He sips on a club soda while we wait for drag king Kit Tapata to finish hosting the bar’s trivia night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tapata, who’s dressed like Westley from “\u003ca href=\"http://princessbrideforever.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Princess Bride\u003c/a>,” points out Beckman to the crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Behave,” Tapata orders. “There’s a father in the house.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the bar’s attention turns his way, a woman sitting nearby draws closer to Beckman and he leans in. They talk about her late husband, a topic that punctuates their conversation about baseball, the differences between the West Coast and East Coast, and her past as a devout Catholic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes it’s under the influence of alcohol that I hear the stories of people that really want to share,” Beckman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005107 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-800x496.jpg\" alt=\"10:30 p.m.: Pastor Lyle Beckman, the SF Night Minister waits for drag king, Kit Tapata, to finish her trivia hosting duties at the 3300 Club to talk about flyers for an upcoming fundraising. Helping others costs money and the Night Ministry relies on folks like Tapata. As Pastor Lyle Beckman waits, bar goers approach him with stories of their childhood trauma, grief and faith. "Some people are so lonely and isolated that it's usually under the influence that I hear the stories that people really want to share," Beckman said. Beckman orders club sodas, but enjoys the community in local bars. As more neighborhood bars are priced out, he says the only people who talk to him at the new "sterile" spots are the bartenders. More than 70 percent of San Francisco's homeless lived in the city before they were homeless, according to the 2015 Homeless Count.\" width=\"800\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-400x248.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-1180x731.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-960x595.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10:30 p.m.: Pastor Lyle Beckman, the S.F. Night Minister, waits for drag king Kit Tapata to finish her trivia hosting duties to talk about fliers for an upcoming fundraising. Helping others costs money and the Night Ministry relies on folks like Tapata. Beckman orders club sodas, but enjoys the community in local bars. As more neighborhood bars are priced out, he says the only people who talk to him at the new ‘sterile’ spots are the bartenders. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Bay Area is one of the least churchgoing metro regions in the United States, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cities.barna.org/barna-cities-the-top-churchless-metro-areas/\">survey by the Barna Group\u003c/a>, with 48 percent reporting they don’t attend church anymore and 14 percent saying they’ve never gone to church at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Beckman, an ordained Lutheran minister, says church and religion aren’t about regular attendance at service.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We could change this. But everybody waits for the city to do something. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can do something for these people sleeping on the streets.’ \u003ccite>The Rev. Lyle Beckman,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Night Ministry\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The S.F. Night Ministry holds what it calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfnightministry.org/joomla30/index.php/programs/open-cathedral\">open cathedrals\u003c/a> — outdoor services. Beckman says some of the people most in need of comfort are those who cannot stand in a room or be silent for an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real work of the church isn’t about what comes out of the archbishop’s office,” Beckman says. “It’s about what the church does feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, giving access to social services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005110 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Lyle Beckman points out where we are on an intricate mural depicting the ghosts of churches leaving the Tenderloin. With them often go services rendered to the poor and homeless in the area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-400x261.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-960x626.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Lyle Beckman points out where we are on an intricate mural depicting the ghosts of churches leaving the Tenderloin. With them often go services rendered to the poor and homeless in the area. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n the Tenderloin, Beckman has noticed that at the beginning of each month, when folks get their Social Security or other assistance payments, there are fewer people on the streets than usual. But he is sure that he’s needed anyway. While other institutions may provide shelter, food and services, Beckman and the other night ministers may be out in the neighborhood all night, listening to, hugging and praying with the homeless and most vulnerable residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could change this,” Beckman says, pointing down Turk Street. “But everybody waits for the city to do something. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can do something for these people sleeping on the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness is part of the landscape, with a 2015 city count showing that 60 percent of those living without shelter in the city were found in the Tenderloin and South of Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Beckman ponders what change will bring to the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wonder often, what’s the future of the Tenderloin? Will it lose its character?” said Beckman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no shortage of character in front of Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, a gay bar on Turk. Outside on the sidewalk, a local named Tim Haley has set up a grill and the aroma of barbecue permeates the air. He sells sausage links, ribs, chicken and other favorites to bar patrons and his Tenderloin regulars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005112 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-800x571.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-400x285.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-1180x842.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-960x685.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After popping in to the Tenderloin’s legendary Aunt Charlie’s on the corner of Turk Street and Taylor Street, a woman asks the pastor: “He has a purple aura, doesn’t he?” referring to Tim Haley (right) who barbecues and sells sausage links, ribs, chicken and other meats for bar patrons and Tenderloin regulars. For $6, Haley gave her enough meat for her and her friends to have a good dinner. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">‘H\u003c/span>e has a purple aura, doesn’t he?” a woman asks, referring to Haley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckman stops to check out the aura and waves his hands in the air as if to outline the purple glow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman looks at Beckman for a moment, realizing he’s a man of the cloth. She asks him if people who kill themselves go to hell. She explains her brother had taken his own life. Beckman softly explains that his God is one of forgiveness and compassion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is going to hell tonight,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005117 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-800x558.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-400x279.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-1180x822.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-960x669.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless woman asks the pastor to pray for her husband and dog, who she says had both been stabbed a few days earlier. He comforts her and says he’ll pray for all of them. For Pastor Beckman, this corner is ground zero.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>im Haley says he’s a recovering addict who used to be homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fell a long way back,” Haley says. He used to work at an apartment building around the corner. When they fired everyone, he went on a downward spiral, but found his way back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I never would get out of that stuff,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005113 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-800x521.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Haley who used to be homeless and addicted to drugs, but turned his life around and now hands out food to folks who needs it and takes donations to pay for more meat. \" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-400x261.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-960x626.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Haley, who used to be homeless and addicted to drugs, turned his life around and now hands out food to folks who needs it and takes donations to pay for more meat. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eckman has a striking presence as he walks through the Tenderloin. While most of us, conditioned by “mean world syndrome” and a thousand other anxieties, might put on some kind of psychic armor, Beckman seems unguarded in his exchanges with people on the street. He’s affectionate, but not overbearing. His 6-foot-4-inch frame, draped in black, is somehow more comforting than intimidating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As we walk down Turk Street, there is no one that Beckman will not stop for.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A man calls out to him from his seat on the pavement: “You’re the light in this unlit world. Thanks for being out here.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes it’s under the influence of alcohol that I hear the stories of people that really want to share,” Beckman says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005107\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005107 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-800x496.jpg\" alt=\"10:30 p.m.: Pastor Lyle Beckman, the SF Night Minister waits for drag king, Kit Tapata, to finish her trivia hosting duties at the 3300 Club to talk about flyers for an upcoming fundraising. Helping others costs money and the Night Ministry relies on folks like Tapata. As Pastor Lyle Beckman waits, bar goers approach him with stories of their childhood trauma, grief and faith. "Some people are so lonely and isolated that it's usually under the influence that I hear the stories that people really want to share," Beckman said. Beckman orders club sodas, but enjoys the community in local bars. As more neighborhood bars are priced out, he says the only people who talk to him at the new "sterile" spots are the bartenders. More than 70 percent of San Francisco's homeless lived in the city before they were homeless, according to the 2015 Homeless Count.\" width=\"800\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-800x496.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-400x248.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-1180x731.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_dragking-960x595.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">10:30 p.m.: Pastor Lyle Beckman, the S.F. Night Minister, waits for drag king Kit Tapata to finish her trivia hosting duties to talk about fliers for an upcoming fundraising. Helping others costs money and the Night Ministry relies on folks like Tapata. Beckman orders club sodas, but enjoys the community in local bars. As more neighborhood bars are priced out, he says the only people who talk to him at the new ‘sterile’ spots are the bartenders. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>he Bay Area is one of the least churchgoing metro regions in the United States, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cities.barna.org/barna-cities-the-top-churchless-metro-areas/\">survey by the Barna Group\u003c/a>, with 48 percent reporting they don’t attend church anymore and 14 percent saying they’ve never gone to church at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Beckman, an ordained Lutheran minister, says church and religion aren’t about regular attendance at service.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">‘We could change this. But everybody waits for the city to do something. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can do something for these people sleeping on the streets.’ \u003ccite>The Rev. Lyle Beckman,\u003cbr>\nSan Francisco Night Ministry\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The S.F. Night Ministry holds what it calls \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfnightministry.org/joomla30/index.php/programs/open-cathedral\">open cathedrals\u003c/a> — outdoor services. Beckman says some of the people most in need of comfort are those who cannot stand in a room or be silent for an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The real work of the church isn’t about what comes out of the archbishop’s office,” Beckman says. “It’s about what the church does feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, giving access to social services.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005110\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005110 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-800x522.jpg\" alt=\"Minister Lyle Beckman points out where we are on an intricate mural depicting the ghosts of churches leaving the Tenderloin. With them often go services rendered to the poor and homeless in the area. \" width=\"800\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-800x522.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-400x261.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_mural-960x626.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Minister Lyle Beckman points out where we are on an intricate mural depicting the ghosts of churches leaving the Tenderloin. With them often go services rendered to the poor and homeless in the area. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span>n the Tenderloin, Beckman has noticed that at the beginning of each month, when folks get their Social Security or other assistance payments, there are fewer people on the streets than usual. But he is sure that he’s needed anyway. While other institutions may provide shelter, food and services, Beckman and the other night ministers may be out in the neighborhood all night, listening to, hugging and praying with the homeless and most vulnerable residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could change this,” Beckman says, pointing down Turk Street. “But everybody waits for the city to do something. If we put our heads and hearts together, we can do something for these people sleeping on the streets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Homelessness is part of the landscape, with a 2015 city count showing that 60 percent of those living without shelter in the city were found in the Tenderloin and South of Market.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Beckman ponders what change will bring to the neighborhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wonder often, what’s the future of the Tenderloin? Will it lose its character?” said Beckman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is no shortage of character in front of Aunt Charlie’s Lounge, a gay bar on Turk. Outside on the sidewalk, a local named Tim Haley has set up a grill and the aroma of barbecue permeates the air. He sells sausage links, ribs, chicken and other favorites to bar patrons and his Tenderloin regulars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005112\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005112 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-800x571.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-800x571.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-400x285.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-1180x842.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_BBQ-960x685.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">After popping in to the Tenderloin’s legendary Aunt Charlie’s on the corner of Turk Street and Taylor Street, a woman asks the pastor: “He has a purple aura, doesn’t he?” referring to Tim Haley (right) who barbecues and sells sausage links, ribs, chicken and other meats for bar patrons and Tenderloin regulars. For $6, Haley gave her enough meat for her and her friends to have a good dinner. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">‘H\u003c/span>e has a purple aura, doesn’t he?” a woman asks, referring to Haley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beckman stops to check out the aura and waves his hands in the air as if to outline the purple glow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman looks at Beckman for a moment, realizing he’s a man of the cloth. She asks him if people who kill themselves go to hell. She explains her brother had taken his own life. Beckman softly explains that his God is one of forgiveness and compassion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one is going to hell tonight,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005117\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005117 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-800x558.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-800x558.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-400x279.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-1180x822.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/Pastor_Help-1-960x669.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless woman asks the pastor to pray for her husband and dog, who she says had both been stabbed a few days earlier. He comforts her and says he’ll pray for all of them. For Pastor Beckman, this corner is ground zero.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">T\u003c/span>im Haley says he’s a recovering addict who used to be homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I fell a long way back,” Haley says. He used to work at an apartment building around the corner. When they fired everyone, he went on a downward spiral, but found his way back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought I never would get out of that stuff,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11005113\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11005113 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-800x521.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Haley who used to be homeless and addicted to drugs, but turned his life around and now hands out food to folks who needs it and takes donations to pay for more meat. \" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-400x261.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-1180x769.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/NM_TimHaley-960x626.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Haley, who used to be homeless and addicted to drugs, turned his life around and now hands out food to folks who needs it and takes donations to pay for more meat. \u003ccite>(Natalie Yemenidjian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">B\u003c/span>eckman has a striking presence as he walks through the Tenderloin. 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I cry myself to sleep wishing there was just something that would fall out of the sky where I could just help everyone.” — Pastor Elaine Amos\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On What Services Should be Provided\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Psychological services and the opportunity to be able to make money, and if they could somehow lend money to get a deposit down on an apartment.” — Mark\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They definitely need more transitional housing, for youth, coming basically out of the system or foster care or whatever the situation is. They hit 18 and basically the only option they have is homelessness.” — Harmonie Taylor\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When they come out and try to get you to move, have a solution, a place for you to go.” — Jackie Juarez\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>On Police and City Officials\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Being homeless with the police was horrible, it was very, very horrible. 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"content": "\u003cp>San Jose sits in Silicon Valley -- one of the wealthiest regions in the country -- yet homelessness is a persistent problem. Take a look around some of the biggest streets in East San Jose and you’ll notice what are essentially modern nomadic villages. 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He notes the city has identified one potential partner and is working out some issues to have it as a pilot site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike San Francisco, where tent encampments are easily spotted on sidewalks and under freeway overpasses, many of San Jose’s homeless stay out of sight by setting up shelter deep along the city’s 140 miles of trails, creeks and riverbeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the case with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\">The Jungle\u003c/a>, which was one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments until the city shut it down in 2014. More than 300 people were moved out and the area was fenced off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We returned to the site of The Jungle recently with Leonard Jackson, who says he spent five years living there. The area is now overgrown with weeds. 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The city of San Jose cleared out the part of Coyote Creek that was home to around 300 people.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS13381_20141204_jungle_jt_016-sfi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS13381_20141204_jungle_jt_016-sfi.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goods that cannot be hauled away by residents are left at the Jungle in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2014. The city of San Jose cleared out the part of Coyote Creek that was home to around 300 people. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was tents. It was couches, tarps, stoves, it was motor homes,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson ended up homeless due to drug addiction. 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He notes the city has identified one potential partner and is working out some issues to have it as a pilot site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike San Francisco, where tent encampments are easily spotted on sidewalks and under freeway overpasses, many of San Jose’s homeless stay out of sight by setting up shelter deep along the city’s 140 miles of trails, creeks and riverbeds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the case with \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/04/homeless-evicted-from-the-jungle-in-san-jose\">The Jungle\u003c/a>, which was one of the nation’s largest homeless encampments until the city shut it down in 2014. More than 300 people were moved out and the area was fenced off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We returned to the site of The Jungle recently with Leonard Jackson, who says he spent five years living there. The area is now overgrown with weeds. But when Jackson called it home, The Jungle resembled a small community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11004748\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 400px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11004748 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS13381_20141204_jungle_jt_016-sfi-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Goods that cannot be hauled away by residents are left at the Jungle in San Jose, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2014. The city of San Jose cleared out the part of Coyote Creek that was home to around 300 people.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS13381_20141204_jungle_jt_016-sfi-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/RS13381_20141204_jungle_jt_016-sfi.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goods that cannot be hauled away by residents are left at the Jungle in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2014. The city of San Jose cleared out the part of Coyote Creek that was home to around 300 people. \u003ccite>(James Tensuan/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was tents. It was couches, tarps, stoves, it was motor homes,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson ended up homeless due to drug addiction. He says many people in the Jungle struggled with drugs and mental health issues, but there were also plenty of people who were working and barely surviving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“9-to-5 good paying jobs. They just didn’t have no place to live,” Jackson says. “I knew people who worked for Google, who worked for Cisco, and they were homeless right here in The Jungle with us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Jungle’s closure led to new doors opening for Jackson. Outreach workers helped him get off drugs, find a job and move into a new home subsidized by the city. According to San Jose housing officials,\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2015/11/20/a-year-after-the-jungle-san-joses-new-approach-to-homelessness\"> more than 200 former residents of The Jungle now have homes,\u003c/a> but the city still faces a daunting challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can’t find units in the market. The vacancy rate for rentals hovers around 4 percent,” says Bramson. “We’re doing everything we can, rehabbing a lot of hotels and motels, buying manufactured housing that’s assembled elsewhere and bringing it on site to get people into supportive services that they need to keep them stable and safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/OGEk1e88JyU'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/OGEk1e88JyU'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cbr>\nIn what’s being hailed as the largest effort yet to end regional homelessness in the South Bay, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently approved a $950 million affordable housing bond measure for the November ballot. A 2015 survey found that Santa Clara County has more than 6,500 homeless people, which would make it the fourth-largest homeless population in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Leonard Jackson is grateful he won’t have to wait until November to find out if more help is coming. He says he’s thankful every day for the outreach workers who found him in The Jungle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By the grace of God, these people came along and saved a lot of us,” Jackson says. “It feels great to have my own place, my own job, security. It feels like I am on top of the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Thuy Vu reported on this story for \"KQED Newsroom,\" a weekly news magazine program on television, radio and online. Watch Fridays at 8 p.m. on KQED Public Television 9, listen on Sundays at 6 p.m. on KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM and watch on demand here.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>After being rousted from his makeshift encampment beneath the 101 freeway in San Francisco, Tommy Hughes moved on to another street and pitched camp there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The sign says you have to move from Van Ness to 10th,\" he said. \"We're just going to move to Ninth.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some people did go to shelters, but many others, like Hughes, just relocated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead of hundreds of tents concentrated on and around one San Francisco street, they're appearing more and more on various alleyways and sidewalks -- to the frustration of residents and merchants. It’s the latest in the city's long, frequently controversial, and always frustrating relationship with the homeless people living on its streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>L.A.’s Skid Row, by contrast, is a roughly 50-square-block area of downtown that’s home to several thousand people either living on the streets or in one of many shelters and transitional supportive housing complexes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To the visitor -- and even to longtime residents and advocates -- the sight of so many people, block after block, living in the open, out in the street beneath tarps, tents and lean-to’s, is shocking. But it’s also where someone without shelter, in need of mental health services, a hot meal or drug rehab, is most likely to find help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lion’s share of the city’s homeless services is concentrated in Skid Row. This happened decades ago by design as L.A.’s transient population blossomed. The homeless and the services they needed were directed to one part of the city that, at least at one time, was mostly a ghost town after government offices and garment factories shut down for the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it may appear to be a convenient solution, in the end it doesn't work,\" says Mike Alvidrez, director of the Skid Row Housing Trust, \"unless you address the root cause, which is homelessness. Whether you put them in a concentrated a place like Skid Row or scatter (them) all over, you're not addressing what is the final solution -- and that is to create more housing, in this case for a population that has other needs as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem in Skid Row is that bed space and services have never been able to keep pace with the surge in homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11004882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11004882 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"A homeless woman waits in line to receive groceries and clothing from Los Angeles-based non-profit My Friend's House Foundation September 23, 2015, in the skid row section of Los Angeles, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-800x581.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-400x291.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-1180x857.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-960x698.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless woman waits in line to receive groceries and clothing from Los Angeles-based nonprofit My Friend's House Foundation Sept. 23, 2015, in the skid row section of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposed Solutions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Los Angeles is proposing a 10-year, $1.2 billion bond measure to help pay for an expansion of transitional housing and other services across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. County also has a proposal to generate more homeless funding, with an emphasis on housing, by taxing its most wealthy residents. People who earn over $1 million a year would see their taxes rise by one-half percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Mike Antonovich is one of the lone voices opposing the so-called millionaire’s tax. He says the county already has one of the highest tax rates in the U.S. He doesn’t think the proposal fully addresses the root causes of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent hearing he pointed to outreach the county did on public buses and metro lines, trying to steer homeless people to available shelters and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Most) refuse treatment and walk away. I have called in on the homeless I see, driving to and from work. Regardless how hot it is or how cool, they refuse shelter,” says Antonovich. “They are mentally ill. They need assistance; they need medical help. Having just another revenue source to build another house is not addressing the root cause of the problem for those people who are mentally and physically ill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, a group of supervisors has introduced a November ballot measure designed to ban street encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11004893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11004893 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"A homeless man sleeps in front of his tent along Van Ness Avenue in downtown San Francisco, California on June, 27 2016. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-960x613.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man sleeps in front of his tent along Van Ness Avenue in downtown San Francisco, California, on June, 27 2016. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If approved by voters, those living in tents and other makeshift shelters could be forcibly removed if they declined to move to an available shelter or transitional housing facility. Supporters of the proposed crackdown argue the tents pose health and safety risks, both for the people who live in them and residents who have to live and work around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a city, we need to have a policy that we're not enabling individuals or groups of people to set up tents and allow the city to be complacent in that issue,” says Supervisor Mark Farrell, who authored the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Again, I don't think it's healthy for anybody,\" he adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the city doesn't have nearly enough shelter beds to accommodate the number of people currently living on the street, and that the move is nothing more than political grandstanding.\u003cbr>\nIn Los Angeles, there is also criticism that the city is funneling the lion’s share of money currently budgeted for homelessness to police enforcement in places like Skid Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're going to go after bond measures, millionaire's taxes, but at the same time we continue to create costly ordinances that are going to cost us in the court of law,” says Pete White, director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network based in Skid Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new ordinance approved by the L.A. City Council aims to prohibit homeless people from “lodging” in vehicles parked near homes and schools. But people will be allowed to sleep in their vehicles -- sedans, trucks or RV’s -- from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in commercial areas and in the parking lots of certain churches and nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That crackdown coincides with a seemingly contradictory move by the Los Angeles Police Commission, directing officers to show more “compassion and empathy” when it comes to day-to-day encounters with the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many officers, especially those with the challenge of patrolling Skid Row, argue they already show a great deal of patience and compassion when working a part of the city with the highest concentration of mental illness, street violence and drug abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The enforcement costs us a lot of money. We are pursuing policies to criminalize people who are living in their vehicles, but we clearly don't have anywhere else for people to go,” says L.A. Community Action Network's White.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco already spends about a quarter-billion dollars a year on homelessness, but services have been difficult and confusing for many people to access.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The resources? OK, if there's so many resources, where are they?” asks Rebecca Padilla, a tent encampment resident. “You've got to do your research. You've got to go place to place. Not everybody can do that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To streamline services and better track the homeless people who use them, the city has created a new Department of Homeless Services. It’s also expanding its successful homeless Navigation Center -- begun as a pilot program in the city’s Mission District -- to other locations around the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>ABOUT THE SERIES:\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>This story is part of a remarkable media collaboration highlighting the issue of homelessness in the Bay Area. On Wednesday, June 29, more than 70 news organizations, including KQED, have come together to ask some crucial questions: Why do we seem to be seeing so many more individuals living in tents on our streets? What is being done to address the growing housing affordability and availability crisis? See all KQED's coverage \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The homeless and the services they needed were directed to one part of the city that, at least at one time, was mostly a ghost town after government offices and garment factories shut down for the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While it may appear to be a convenient solution, in the end it doesn't work,\" says Mike Alvidrez, director of the Skid Row Housing Trust, \"unless you address the root cause, which is homelessness. Whether you put them in a concentrated a place like Skid Row or scatter (them) all over, you're not addressing what is the final solution -- and that is to create more housing, in this case for a population that has other needs as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem in Skid Row is that bed space and services have never been able to keep pace with the surge in homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11004882\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11004882 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-800x581.jpg\" alt=\"A homeless woman waits in line to receive groceries and clothing from Los Angeles-based non-profit My Friend's House Foundation September 23, 2015, in the skid row section of Los Angeles, California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-800x581.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-400x291.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-1180x857.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/GettyImages-489709076-960x698.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless woman waits in line to receive groceries and clothing from Los Angeles-based nonprofit My Friend's House Foundation Sept. 23, 2015, in the skid row section of Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Proposed Solutions\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city of Los Angeles is proposing a 10-year, $1.2 billion bond measure to help pay for an expansion of transitional housing and other services across the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>L.A. County also has a proposal to generate more homeless funding, with an emphasis on housing, by taxing its most wealthy residents. People who earn over $1 million a year would see their taxes rise by one-half percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Mike Antonovich is one of the lone voices opposing the so-called millionaire’s tax. He says the county already has one of the highest tax rates in the U.S. He doesn’t think the proposal fully addresses the root causes of homelessness.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent hearing he pointed to outreach the county did on public buses and metro lines, trying to steer homeless people to available shelters and other services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“(Most) refuse treatment and walk away. I have called in on the homeless I see, driving to and from work. Regardless how hot it is or how cool, they refuse shelter,” says Antonovich. “They are mentally ill. They need assistance; they need medical help. Having just another revenue source to build another house is not addressing the root cause of the problem for those people who are mentally and physically ill.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, a group of supervisors has introduced a November ballot measure designed to ban street encampments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11004893\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11004893 size-medium\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-800x510.jpg\" alt=\"A homeless man sleeps in front of his tent along Van Ness Avenue in downtown San Francisco, California on June, 27 2016. \" width=\"800\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-800x510.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-400x255.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-1180x753.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/tent-960x613.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A homeless man sleeps in front of his tent along Van Ness Avenue in downtown San Francisco, California, on June, 27 2016. \u003ccite>(Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images))\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>If approved by voters, those living in tents and other makeshift shelters could be forcibly removed if they declined to move to an available shelter or transitional housing facility. Supporters of the proposed crackdown argue the tents pose health and safety risks, both for the people who live in them and residents who have to live and work around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"As a city, we need to have a policy that we're not enabling individuals or groups of people to set up tents and allow the city to be complacent in that issue,” says Supervisor Mark Farrell, who authored the measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Again, I don't think it's healthy for anybody,\" he adds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But critics say the city doesn't have nearly enough shelter beds to accommodate the number of people currently living on the street, and that the move is nothing more than political grandstanding.\u003cbr>\nIn Los Angeles, there is also criticism that the city is funneling the lion’s share of money currently budgeted for homelessness to police enforcement in places like Skid Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We're going to go after bond measures, millionaire's taxes, but at the same time we continue to create costly ordinances that are going to cost us in the court of law,” says Pete White, director of the Los Angeles Community Action Network based in Skid Row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new ordinance approved by the L.A. City Council aims to prohibit homeless people from “lodging” in vehicles parked near homes and schools. But people will be allowed to sleep in their vehicles -- sedans, trucks or RV’s -- from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. in commercial areas and in the parking lots of certain churches and nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That crackdown coincides with a seemingly contradictory move by the Los Angeles Police Commission, directing officers to show more “compassion and empathy” when it comes to day-to-day encounters with the homeless.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But many officers, especially those with the challenge of patrolling Skid Row, argue they already show a great deal of patience and compassion when working a part of the city with the highest concentration of mental illness, street violence and drug abuse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The enforcement costs us a lot of money. 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Immediately, I thought of the many songs from the Bay Area that treat homelessness not with scorn, but with understanding and empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those songs are by musicians who’ve been homeless themselves. Nearly all are by artists who’ve found ways to either give back to the organizations that helped them, or to help others without a roof over their head.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Crimpshrine, ‘Sleep, What’s That?’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPIXlsXurdI\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco punk bands had sung about being homeless before — DRI’s “\u003ca href=\"http://genius.com/Dri-soup-kitchen-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soup Kitchen Blues\u003c/a>” and MDC’s “\u003ca href=\"http://genius.com/Mdc-no-place-to-piss-lyrics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No Place to Piss\u003c/a>” were both products of band members’ experiences squatting and couch-surfing in mid-’80s San Francisco. But Crimpshrine’s \u003cem>Sleep, What’s That?\u003c/em> EP, released in 1988 by a fledgling new record label called Lookout Records, tackled the issue head-on in its title track. Singer/guitarist Jeff Ott was himself homeless at the time, singing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>So much food to eat, so many homes to sleep in\u003cbr>\nStores so full of food, so why must I eat from a garbage bin?\u003cbr>\nThere’s 1,600 people walking around today, thinking life’s a little game to play\u003cbr>\nTrying to avoid police abduction, trying to avoid hunger and self-destruction\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>During \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adbbq2-w2WY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a show at 924 Gilman\u003c/a> in 1989, Ott introduced the song by saying: “It’s about myself and all my friends on Telegraph Avenue who have no place to live, and who go without enough food every day. And there’s places they could be sleeping, and they get busted for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lookout Records would go on to international renown with bands like Green Day and Operation Ivy. 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The experience helped inspire “Changes,” originally recorded in 1993:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>And still I see no changes\u003cbr>\nCan’t a brother get a little peace?\u003cbr>\nIt’s war on the streets and a war in the Middle East\u003cbr>\nInstead of war on poverty\u003cbr>\nThey got a war on drugs so the police can bother me\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Shakur put his money where his mouth was, \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1996-08-30/local/me-38987_1_safe-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planning a high-profile benefit concert\u003c/a> for the brand-new community center \u003ca href=\"http://www.apch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Place Called Home\u003c/a>, serving impoverished and at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. Shakur was murdered just weeks before the concert, but he greatly raised the center’s visibility. A Place Called Home is still going strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Metallica, ‘Low Man’s Lyric’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Qq_tBhDsQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might assume that James Hetfield doesn’t have much exposure to homelessness, living as he did for years in one of the wealthiest per-capita counties in the nation. And yet a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/forum/2016/06/21/forum-on-the-road-san-rafael-s-homeless-plan-stirs-debate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED Forum broadcast from Marin County\u003c/a> showed that amidst Marin’s multi-million dollar homes and shiny Maseratis lives a sizeable homeless population on the street. 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While organizations like \u003ca href=\"https://hbofm.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeward Bound\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.rittercenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ritter Center\u003c/a> provide for Marin’s homeless, Metallica bassist Robert Trujilo recently \u003ca href=\"http://www.ktvu.com/news/134956135-story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took part in a benefit\u003c/a> for San Francisco’s St. Anthony’s Foundation, which provides services and meals to those in need.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Dead Kennedys, ‘Kill the Poor’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgpa7wEAz7I\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It wouldn’t be the Bay Area without a heavy dose of satire, would it? 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>This story was originally published in 2016.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might have seen it, tucked into a recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/us/san-francisco-homelessness.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>New York Times\u003c/em> report\u003c/a>: the phrase “clumps of humanity,” referring to San Francisco’s homeless population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>My KQED coworkers and I \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2016/05/16/clumps_of_humanity_this_new_york_times_article_treated_homelessness_in_just_about_the_worst_way_possible/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weren’t the only ones\u003c/a> who noticed the \u003cem>Times\u003c/em>’ term, a denigration to those down on their luck. But it was especially strange to someone who covers music. Immediately, I thought of the many songs from the Bay Area that treat homelessness not with scorn, but with understanding and empathy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of those songs are by musicians who’ve been homeless themselves. Nearly all are by artists who’ve found ways to either give back to the organizations that helped them, or to help others without a roof over their head.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Crimpshrine, ‘Sleep, What’s That?’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/BPIXlsXurdI'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/BPIXlsXurdI'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Singer/guitarist Jeff Ott was himself homeless at the time, singing:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>So much food to eat, so many homes to sleep in\u003cbr>\nStores so full of food, so why must I eat from a garbage bin?\u003cbr>\nThere’s 1,600 people walking around today, thinking life’s a little game to play\u003cbr>\nTrying to avoid police abduction, trying to avoid hunger and self-destruction\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>During \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adbbq2-w2WY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a show at 924 Gilman\u003c/a> in 1989, Ott introduced the song by saying: “It’s about myself and all my friends on Telegraph Avenue who have no place to live, and who go without enough food every day. And there’s places they could be sleeping, and they get busted for it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lookout Records would go on to international renown with bands like Green Day and Operation Ivy. When Crimpshrine’s EPs were reissued, the band took the opportunity to give back to the organizations that’d helped them when they were on the streets, donating royalties to \u003ca href=\"http://ebfnb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Not Bombs\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berkeley Free Clinic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Tom Waits, ‘Cold Water’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/DgwJQj2E6So'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/DgwJQj2E6So'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Tom Waits has long been an advocate for the homeless, whether in songs like “On the Nickel” — a beautiful ballad from \u003cem>Heartattack and Vine\u003c/em> about Los Angeles’ Fifth Street — or in lending a song to the soundtrack of \u003cem>Streetwise\u003c/em>, a 1984 documentary about homeless teenagers in Seattle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For his 1999 album \u003cem>Mule Variations\u003c/em>, Waits penned the sympathetic ode “Cold Water,” a lovely and sad song in the voice of a homeless teenager:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I look 47 but I’m 24\u003cbr>\nWell they shooed me away from here the time before\u003cbr>\nTurned their backs and they locked their doors\u003cbr>\nI’m watchin’ TV in the window of a furniture store\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In 2011, Waits released \u003cem>Seeds on Hard Ground\u003c/em>, a limited-edition chapbook of his poetry about homelessness. All proceeds were donated to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://sonomacountyhomeless.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sonoma County Homeless Referral Services\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.srcharities.org/get-help/shelter-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Support Center\u003c/a> run by the Catholic Charities of Santa Rosa.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>2Pac, ‘Changes’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/eXvBjCO19QY'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/eXvBjCO19QY'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>Before he moved to Oakland, Tupac Shakur grew up around tough neighborhoods in the Bronx, Harlem and Baltimore. Oftentimes, without a steady income, his single mother Afeni brought Shakur to stay at homeless shelters. The experience helped inspire “Changes,” originally recorded in 1993:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>And still I see no changes\u003cbr>\nCan’t a brother get a little peace?\u003cbr>\nIt’s war on the streets and a war in the Middle East\u003cbr>\nInstead of war on poverty\u003cbr>\nThey got a war on drugs so the police can bother me\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Shakur put his money where his mouth was, \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/1996-08-30/local/me-38987_1_safe-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planning a high-profile benefit concert\u003c/a> for the brand-new community center \u003ca href=\"http://www.apch.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Place Called Home\u003c/a>, serving impoverished and at-risk children in South Central Los Angeles. Shakur was murdered just weeks before the concert, but he greatly raised the center’s visibility. A Place Called Home is still going strong.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Metallica, ‘Low Man’s Lyric’\u003c/h2>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/k2Qq_tBhDsQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/k2Qq_tBhDsQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>You might assume that James Hetfield doesn’t have much exposure to homelessness, living as he did for years in one of the wealthiest per-capita counties in the nation. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">F\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nor the past dozen years or so, Doug Stewart has spent most of his nights in places most people would never choose to go. He treks through urban woodlands and along dark and dangerous train tracks in Contra Costa County, seeking the out-of-the-way places where those with no permanent shelter are camped out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart wears a bulletproof vest and, at first glance, looks like a cop. But most people he approaches seem to like him. That's because they know who he is and what he's about.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You can talk to them for five or 10 minutes,\" Stewart says of the people he encounters. \"No one else has talked to them all day, and you can talk to 'em for five or 10 minutes, make them feel like they're worth talking to still. 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Stewart works the streets in response, handing out food, blankets, clothing and medicine. He offers people rides and passes out hotel vouchers and bus tickets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/271429875\" 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=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">I\u003c/span> rode along with Stewart on one of his nighttime drives through Martinez. It was after midnight when he spotted an older man, hunched over at a bus stop. Stewart knew him. His name was Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark was visibly drunk, and Stewart got out to gently warn him the cops wouldn’t let him stay all night and that he should move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don’t move as fast as I used to,\" said Mark, who uses a walker to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart gave Mark a ride to a different bus stop, one that’s a little more discreet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10982913\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10982913 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Stewart has been providing homeless outreach in Contra Costa County for 12 years.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Stewart has been providing homeless outreach in Contra Costa County for 12 years. \u003ccite>(Devin Katayama/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"If the police come, you tell them I put you here, OK?\" Stewart said. \"If somebody comes and bothers you, you tell them I put you here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>tewart won't be helping Mark, or any of the other hundreds of people he's gotten to know over the years, for much longer. He's \"retiring\" -- quitting to move on to something else -- later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The constant scramble for funding has taken a toll, Stewart says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Martinez Police Department provides one of seven grants that have funded Stewart's outreach unit this past year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martinez Police Chief Manjit Sappal says Stewart knows how to connect people with the network of services that are available in a way that police don’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Doug can be far more approachable, and when we partner with him we get the benefit of his building those relationships,” Sappal said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sappal says he’s concerned about the void Stewart will leave behind. 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His name was Mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mark was visibly drunk, and Stewart got out to gently warn him the cops wouldn’t let him stay all night and that he should move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don’t move as fast as I used to,\" said Mark, who uses a walker to get around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart gave Mark a ride to a different bus stop, one that’s a little more discreet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10982913\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10982913 size-large\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Stewart has been providing homeless outreach in Contra Costa County for 12 years.\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/IMG_1023-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Stewart has been providing homeless outreach in Contra Costa County for 12 years. \u003ccite>(Devin Katayama/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"If the police come, you tell them I put you here, OK?\" Stewart said. \"If somebody comes and bothers you, you tell them I put you here.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 4.6875em;float: left;line-height: 0.5em;padding: 0.05em 0.1em 0 0;font-family: times, serif, georgia\">S\u003c/span>tewart won't be helping Mark, or any of the other hundreds of people he's gotten to know over the years, for much longer. 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Sappal says he plans to hire one of Stewart’s employees to pick up where he left off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stewart says that to carry on, you need to be ready for the harsh reality he has seen night in and night out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"You gotta be prepared for whatever's in front of you, whether it's dangerous, sad, disgusting, whatever,\" Stewart said while making his rounds one evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he's torn about ending work he knows has been important to so many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I feel bad, you know, I do,\" Stewart says. \"This takes a little chunk out of you every night. You cannot continually go out every night and see despair and sadness and be OK. It doesn't work like that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\u003cstrong>Homelessness is a complex issue. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more >>\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/series/sf-homeless-project\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11004769\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"sfproject3\" width=\"800\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/06/sfproject3-400x120.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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