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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/homelessyouthalliance-light.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-121564\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/homelessyouthalliance-light-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless youth rest and watch television at the Homeless Youth Alliance on Dec. 18, 2013, seven days before the organization has to close its doors to prepare to move everything into storage. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/125823000&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco nonprofit that has served as a lifeline to young homeless people in the Haight for more than a decade is being forced to leave its home. \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelessyouthalliance.org/\">Homeless Youth Alliance\u003c/a> will lock its doors for good on Christmas Day, pending a last-minute reprieve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our lease has been terminated,” explained Mary Howe, the founder and executive director. “San Francisco is in the biggest housing crisis there is. So, you’re seeing rents for property both residential and commercial go up dramatically, and it’s been really impossible to this point to secure a location to move into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2001, Howe estimates thousands of kids ages 13 to 29 have been welcomed at the organization’s drop-in center in a gray, Edwardian-era building at 1696 Haight Street, just a few blocks from Golden Gate Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There, they can get a hot meal, a shower, medical treatment and even a clean needle. About 50 to 100 kids pack the center on a typical day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are not really ready to make life changes and move beyond the street if they can’t eat and sleep and get medical care, and have someone to talk to and just have a space to like, be,” said Howe, who was once a homeless youth herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121553\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121553 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Howe talks to Ulysses, a homeless man who has used the services at the Homeless Youth Alliance, near Stanyan and Haight streets. (Sara Bloomgberg/KQED)\" width=\"346\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Howe talks to Ulysses, a homeless man who has used the services at the Homeless Youth Alliance, near Stanyan and Haight streets. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She pleaded with the property management company for an extension, and even offered to pay more rent, to no avail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manager, Paul Gaetano, said the Homeless Youth Alliance has been a great tenant, and always paid rent on time, but the building needs to be retrofitted and remodeled and it would be “easier for everyone if they vacate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if the Homeless Youth Alliance could return after the work, Gaetano said the space would be rented to a new commercial tenant, a decision made by the owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those owners, Dr. David Smith, is the founder of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, which has a similar mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has long supported our work, and donates, but he’s not the only owner in that partnership. And I think their original mission got lost along the way,” said Howe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Golden Gate Park, where many kids are forced to sleep, a 27-year-old woman with curly red hair named Shortcake said she has been coming to the alliance since she was a teen, and dreads its pending closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s tragic. I don’t think everyone’s prepared for exactly how bad it’s going to get out here,” she said. “It’s just going to make things 10 times worse.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Howe said she’s committed to stay in the neighborhood, and has the support of merchants and neighbors. An \u003ca href=\"http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-the-closing-of-homeless\">online petition\u003c/a> to elected officials and the owner of the building urging them to stop the closure has garnered more than 3,000 signatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meantime, the Alliance is looking for a van to provide mobile services, and space for a new center in the Upper Haight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re definitely very committed to staying with this population,” Howe said. “The Haight will always have this influx of kids who are escaping something and looking for something better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bevan Dufty, the mayor’s point person on homelessness, described the Homeless Youth Alliance’s work as “magical,” and said he’s trying to help secure a property.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121556\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 296px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/7978_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121556 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/7978_transform-549x640.jpg\" alt=\"Shortcake, 27, has been going to the Homeless Youth Alliance for 10 years. She has two dogs and doesn't know how she'll be able to feed them after the organization loses its space at the end of the month. "It's gonna be really tragic to see them to," she said. (Sara Bloomgberg/KQED)\" width=\"296\" height=\"346\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shortcake, 27, has been going to the Homeless Youth Alliance for 10 years. She has two dogs and doesn’t know how she’ll be able to feed them after the organization loses its space at the end of the month. “It’s gonna be really tragic to see them go,” she said. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at opportunities where they arise. And so I don’t know. We’re going to do our best,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Howe, it’s hard to leave a place she’s grown so attached to, even though she and her small staff plan to set up a mobile center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s still heartbreaking, and I would rather have it stay the way it is, but I do think that good will come of it,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every Christmas Day for the past five years, neighbors of the Homeless Youth Alliance have brought a holiday meal to the kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really amazing, like 20 people cook food, and bring it to the drop-in and serve the kids,” said Howe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But after this Christmas Day, the tradition ends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the meal is over, Howe and her staff will lock the doors, spend a week packing, and on New Year’s Day, they’ll hit the streets.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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About 50 to 100 kids pack the center on a typical day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are not really ready to make life changes and move beyond the street if they can’t eat and sleep and get medical care, and have someone to talk to and just have a space to like, be,” said Howe, who was once a homeless youth herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_121553\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-121553 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7977_homeless_youth_alliance_dec2013_0359_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Howe talks to Ulysses, a homeless man who has used the services at the Homeless Youth Alliance, near Stanyan and Haight streets. 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(Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She pleaded with the property management company for an extension, and even offered to pay more rent, to no avail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manager, Paul Gaetano, said the Homeless Youth Alliance has been a great tenant, and always paid rent on time, but the building needs to be retrofitted and remodeled and it would be “easier for everyone if they vacate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if the Homeless Youth Alliance could return after the work, Gaetano said the space would be rented to a new commercial tenant, a decision made by the owners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those owners, Dr. David Smith, is the founder of the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic, which has a similar mission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He has long supported our work, and donates, but he’s not the only owner in that partnership. 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"content": "\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/farewell-candlestick.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121303 aligncenter\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/farewell-candlestick.jpg\" alt=\"On Monday, the San Francisco 49ers will play their last regular-season game at Candlestick Park. Dennis Hui, from San Francisco, holds up a scarf that fans were given after one of the final games at the stadium. He says he's sad Candlestick park will be gone. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">On Monday, the San Francisco 49ers will play their last regular-season game at Candlestick Park. Dennis Hui, from San Francisco, holds up a scarf that fans were given after one of the final games at the stadium. He says he’s sad Candlestick park will be gone. 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The Stick will be demolished next year as the Niners head to a brand-new stadium in Santa Clara. But \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/18/49ers-tailgaters/\">longtime fans say they will remember this old place fondly. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Santa-Clara-Stadium.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121305\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Santa-Clara-Stadium.jpg\" alt=\"Candlestick Park: the site of the Beatles' last concert, a World Series earthquake, a papal Mass — and the longtime home of the San Francisco Giants and 49ers. The Stick will be demolished next year as the Niners head to a brand-new stadium in Santa Clara. But longtime fans say they will remember this old place fondly. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara is nearly complete. It’s being touted as the greenest stadium in the NFL. Levi’s Stadium will have solar panels, use recycled water for the grass, offer parking for bicycles and have a rooftop garden with native plants. (Molly Samuel/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Youth-Alliance.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121306\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Youth-Alliance.jpg\" alt=\" A crowd of young people at the Homeless Youth Alliance earlier this week. The drop-in homeless services center will have to close its doors on Christmas Day to prepare to move everything into storage. The building owner plans to use the Haight Street space for a restaurant and housing. (Sara Bloomberg / KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nA crowd of young people at the Homeless Youth Alliance earlier this week. The drop-in homeless services center will have to close its doors on Christmas Day to prepare to move everything into storage. The building owner plans to use the Haight Street space for a restaurant and housing. (Sara Bloomberg / KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Mandela_10_SF_Kanhema1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-120892\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/Mandela_10_SF_Kanhema1-640x480.jpg\" alt='Last Saturday,five pilots from the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. took to the skies to pay tribute to late South African President Nelson Mandela. \"We are flying over a highly populated African-American community to let them know that we do honor and respect the people who have put their lives out there for us,\" said Ben Henderson, a former U.S. Air Force engineer. (Tawanda Kanhema)' width=\"640\" height=\"480\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nLast Saturday,five pilots from the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/16/bay-area-tuskegee-airmen-honor-nelson-mandela-with/\">took to the skies\u003c/a> to pay tribute to late South African President Nelson Mandela. “We are flying over a highly populated African-American community to let them know that we do honor and respect the people who have put their lives out there for us,” said Ben Henderson, a former U.S. Air Force engineer. (Tawanda Kanhema)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek131220owl.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-121308\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/PhotoWeek131220owl.jpg\" alt=\"The Oakland Christmas Bird Count set a new record on Sunday for number of species. Over 230 birders fanned out across Oakland, Berkeley and other nearby towns in Golden Gate Audubon’s 73rd annual Christmas Bird Count, or CBC as it's known. A burrowing owl was spotted in Cesar Chavez Park during this year's bird count, one of five species of owl counted. (Rick Lewis/Berkeleyside)\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\nThe Oakland Christmas Bird Count set a new record on Sunday for number of species. Over \u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/12/17/berkeleys-redstart-helps-set-count-record/\">230 birders fanned out across Oakland, Berkeley\u003c/a> and other nearby towns in Golden Gate Audubon’s 73rd annual Christmas Bird Count, or CBC as it’s known. A burrowing owl was spotted in Cesar Chavez Park during this year’s bird count, one of five species of owl counted. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_119447\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119447\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/11/7767_transform-640x448.jpg\" alt=\"A donation bin sits near shelves with canned foods at the San Francisco Food Bank in 2008. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donations are down at area food banks. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The weather may have warmed up and the holidays are in full swing, but for plenty of people in the Bay Area the outlook is grim.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Food banks around the Bay Area continue to face shortfalls at a time of year when demand is also the highest. At Thanksgiving, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/119446/food-bank-donations-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED reported on the drop in donations at regional food banks\u003c/a>. The recent cold snap sent more people looking for help and put a deeper freeze on an already sluggish holiday donation season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The holiday saga continues,” said Kathy Jackson, CEO of \u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Inventory, she said, is at an all-time low. The food bank currently has less than two weeks of inventory on hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Second Harvest has raised just one-quarter of the $13.2 million it aims to bring in during its holiday campaign. Nearly half of the money raised for the year typically comes in during the holidays, so low holiday donations can mean thin budgets the rest of the year. The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a> are also still $500,000 short for what they usually expect at this time of year, said Paul Ash, executive director. That’s down from about a $900,000 shortfall at the end of October — good news, he said, but still not good enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that with the economy rebounding for some, most people think there isn’t as much of a need for food banks or shelter services. But that perception is wrong.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The economy is contributing to people thinking, ‘Well, everyone must have a job now, maybe I don’t need to give to the food bank,’ and that probably applies to other services,” Ash said. “That’s just not what we’re seeing. Our lines at the pantries and the number of people we’re serving are just as high as they were a year ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have more food going out the door than coming in the door,” Jackson said. “It’s the disconnect,” she said: If need and donations both went down or both went up, it’d be easier to deal with. But, with donations down and need remaining high, it’s causing concern among the food banks and service providers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition, cuts to federally funded food-assistance programs that went into effect on Nov. 1 have also driven more people to food banks just to make ends meet. The cuts, said Ash, averaged about $30-$40 per family. That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. And, the cuts often drive down the quality of food the family can afford with their food stamps, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120647 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The cold snap that sent a number of homeless residents to emergency rooms and \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed four people in Santa Clara County\u003c/a> will also have consequences for those having trouble putting food on their tables. When budgets are tapped for higher heating bills, people will have less money for food and will need assistance even more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson said the freezing weather of the past couple of weeks may cut the volume of surplus crops that Second Harvest and other food banks depend on. Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. Or, check this \u003ca href=\"http://www.homelessshelterdirectory.org/cgi-bin/id/city.cgi?city=San%20Francisco&state=CA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directory of shelters available\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That may not seem like a lot if you have enough money to pay all your bills, but some San Francisco Food Bank clients said it was the difference between buying milk for the month or not. And, the cuts often drive down the quality of food the family can afford with their food stamps, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120647\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 384px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-120647 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. 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Jackson said that food is usually available for “pennies on the pound.” Without it, they’ll have to buy canned produce to replace it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the food banks struggle to deal with the decreasing supply and increasing demand, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/10/as-the-cold-continues-shelters-work-to-bring-warmth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shelters have rushed to open their doors during the cold\u003c/a>. San Francisco initiated a “cold snap procedure,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any empty beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees. The city has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some winter-only beds, and about 3,500 homeless people on the streets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While most counties in the Bay Area have emergency winter shelters, it’s rare for the weather to become dangerously cold. The recent cold temperatures made life tough for people on the streets. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/12/homeless-san-franciscans-cope-with-cold-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A KQED report on living homeless and cold in San Francisco\u003c/a> started a discussion among our readers about what can be done and how people can help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s never too late to make a donation. They can do it right up until the champagne pops on New Year’s Eve,” Ash said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are a few resources for food donations, shelters and medical and social services. Organizations encourage monetary donations; Jackson argues they can often make the dollar stretch further than you could on your own because of contracts and arrangements, such as the ones they have with growers. The list primarily came from readers and is by no means exhaustive. Please feel free to add additional suggestions in the comments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Food Banks:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sffoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco and Marin Food Banks\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.shfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Second Harvest Food Bank\u003c/a> (San Mateo and Santa Clara counties; \u003ca href=\"http://www.thefoodbank.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santa Cruz\u003c/a>)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.foodbankccs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano Counties\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.accfb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County Community Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.refb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Empire Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.canv.org/foodbank.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napa Valley Food Bank\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Or, if you need food, you can also call: 1-800-984-FOOD\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Shelters and Service Providers:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.glide.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GLIDE\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.stanthonysf.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Anthony’s\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.vinnies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent de Paul of Marin County\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ehclifebuilders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EHC Lifebuilders\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.thegubbioproject.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Gubbio Project\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/11/26/draft-website-lets-homeless-needy-san-franciscans-solicit-donations-throug/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HandUp\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ecs-sf.org/aboutus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episcopal Community Services in San Francisco\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.ivsn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">InnVision Shelter Network\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A good place to start if you need help is at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservices/homeless/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Department of Public Health – Homeless Services\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>We always qualify our complaints about the cold in the Bay Area: Oh, it’s cold — but this is \u003cem>nothing\u003c/em> compared to (name of hometown here). It’s true that the closer you live to the water here, the less insulation your home will have and the weaker the heating will be, and it’s occasionally uncomfortable on those few nights every year the temperature dips into the 30s. That just comes with the territory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for one group of Bay Area residents, the cold weather is brutal and occasionally deadly. Those who live without reliable shelter face a night-to-night struggle to find some way, any way, to stay warm. For many, that means a pile of blankets, lots of layers of clothing and a piece of cardboard between them and the concrete they lie on. Two of our staffers, reporter \u003cstrong>Alex Emslie\u003c/strong> and photographer \u003cstrong>Sara Bloomberg\u003c/strong>, visited with unsheltered San Franciscans earlier this week to hear how they were contending with the elements. Here are the pictures and voices they brought back:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7936_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0329_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120648\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7936_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0329_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Qat Astrophic says she feels safer sleeping in her tent on the sidewalk than staying in a shelter. 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Not to mention if you got a couple sleeping bags, one inside the other, I was homeless in the snow in Portland, and put one sleeping bag inside of the other one, and managed to stay warm sleeping outside in the snow.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7931_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0192_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120646\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7931_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0192_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Smith battles the freezing temperatures that have hit San Francisco with layers of sweaters and blankets. 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It was really, it was painful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7925_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0002_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120642\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7925_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0002_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Kelly Law says he tries to “curl up and try to get as warm as I can.” (Sara Bloomberg)\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/124586715″ params=”color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true” width=”100%” height=”20″ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Fred Kelly Law: \u003c/strong>We caught up with Fred Kelly Law in the Civic Center area. He’s 61 and has been in San Francisco “for years.” His tactic for staying warm on recent cold nights: “Curl up and try to get as warm as I can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120647\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7934_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0267_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Nyla Bonner, 2, enjoys a free meal with her mother Chelan Cassidy at U.N. Plaza in San Francisco. 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It comes on it goes off it comes on and goes off, so I turn the stove on. … I have another coat I put on, but it’s still cold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120644\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio Solies lives on the street and faces the freezing temperatures at night: "We need blankets. That's the most important thing. And love." 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Don’t fight with nobody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7928_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0095_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120643\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7928_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0095_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Thomas works at Saint Boniface Church on Golden Gate Avenue. 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She’s been at Bayanihan about a year and says it’s cold there, too. “I’ve been getting my heater fixed. It comes on it goes off it comes on and goes off, so I turn the stove on. … I have another coat I put on, but it’s still cold.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-120644\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/RS7929_freezing_temps_10dec2013_0113_web-640x426.jpg\" alt=\"Mauricio Solies lives on the street and faces the freezing temperatures at night: "We need blankets. That's the most important thing. And love." 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The Mercury News talked to the director of one of those agencies after last night’s deaths were reported: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m just angry,” said Jenny Niklaus, the CEO of EHC LifeBuilders, a provider of homeless services. “We have to solve this problem. Even with our cold-weather shelters open, there are still people out there. This is what happens when we allow homelessness to happen. People die.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Merc also offers this context for the homeless population in the South Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose/Santa Clara County has the fifth-largest homeless population in the country behind only New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego, according to a recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 7,631 homeless, who were counted in January as part of a nationwide census, 74 percent were listed as “unsheltered” — meaning they have no place suitable for human habitation to stay. It has been estimated that on any given night, there are 5,000 people outside in the county.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In Oakland last night, emergency shelters filled up. Susan Shelton, Oakland’s manager of community housing services, said the city is prepared to make more emergency shelter available if the need arises. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley says it has treated two people for hypothermia since the cold snap began. Oakland’s Highland Hospital says it admitted one person for hypothermia who was still being treated Friday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Human Services Agency has initiated its “cold snap protocol,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any vacant beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s challenging,” said Bevan Dufty, director of Housing Opportunity Partnership and Engagement for Mayor Ed Lee. “San Francisco has 3,400 people who are homeless on the streets of our city. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>By Dan Brekke and Alex Emslie\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_120189\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/12/06/santa-clara-county-coroner-four-die-in-san-jose-from-exposure/homeless-2/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-120189\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/12/homeless.jpg\" alt=\"Homeless at San Francisco's Glide Memorial Church, April 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-120189\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Homeless at San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church, April 2013. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office says four people died overnight of exposure between Thursday night and Friday morning during continuing cold weather. By way of Bay City News, the coroner says that autopsies determined that the four people, who were not identified, died of hypothermia. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Mercury News \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_24672212/san-jose-homeless-deaths/?source=redbar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports\u003c/a> that three of the deaths were in homeless encampments and one in a garage, all apparently in San Jose. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Temperatures have fallen to or below freezing in most of the Bay Area each of the last three mornings. Although exposure has been long recognized as one of the greatest risks to the homeless, this is the first report of deaths this week. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and social services agencies throughout the Bay Area have opened extra shelter space this week, but many people have remained outdoors during this week’s stretch of cold weather. The Mercury News talked to the director of one of those agencies after last night’s deaths were reported: \u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I’m just angry,” said Jenny Niklaus, the CEO of EHC LifeBuilders, a provider of homeless services. “We have to solve this problem. Even with our cold-weather shelters open, there are still people out there. This is what happens when we allow homelessness to happen. People die.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Merc also offers this context for the homeless population in the South Bay:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>San Jose/Santa Clara County has the fifth-largest homeless population in the country behind only New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle and San Diego, according to a recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the 7,631 homeless, who were counted in January as part of a nationwide census, 74 percent were listed as “unsheltered” — meaning they have no place suitable for human habitation to stay. It has been estimated that on any given night, there are 5,000 people outside in the county.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>In Oakland last night, emergency shelters filled up. Susan Shelton, Oakland’s manager of community housing services, said the city is prepared to make more emergency shelter available if the need arises. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley says it has treated two people for hypothermia since the cold snap began. Oakland’s Highland Hospital says it admitted one person for hypothermia who was still being treated Friday. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s Human Services Agency has initiated its “cold snap protocol,” which instructs city shelters to let people into any vacant beds after 8 p.m. when the temperature is below 40 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s challenging,” said Bevan Dufty, director of Housing Opportunity Partnership and Engagement for Mayor Ed Lee. “San Francisco has 3,400 people who are homeless on the streets of our city. I’m not offering to you that every person is going to be served by this protocol, but we certainly want to set a standard where the public knows and people who are homeless and on our streets know that we want to work with them to make sure that they’re safe in this cold weather.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco has 1,150 emergency shelter beds, which includes some extra winter shelter space that isn’t available year-round. Dufty said 51 beds were vacant last night, but if the shelters fill up, another space is prepared to open and add more beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Police and homeless outreach workers in San Francisco have also been instructed to look out for the signs of hypothermia, including disorientation, uncontrollable shaking, and extremities turning blue. Dufty says San Francisco police will give homeless people rides to shelters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman said there has not been an increase is treatment for hypothermia, and no one had been “found down,” or unconscious, due to exposure during the cold snap. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most officials recommend calling 911 if someone is found disoriented or unconscious in the cold. San Francisco Shelter Client Advocate Nicholas Kimura has some additional advice for people who may come across someone who isn’t hypothermic, but just looks cold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People can improve their own knowledge, become aware of what shelters there are, and direct them,” he said. “They could call the homeless outreach team, who will come pick them up if they have a bed available. And spare sweatshirts, spare blankets definitely help.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco homeless outreach team phone number is (415) 734-4233.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_112193\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/albanybulb-11sept2013-640.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-112193\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/09/albanybulb-11sept2013-640.jpg\" alt=\"Recylced metal sculptures by Osha Neumann, an advocate for the residents living on the Albany Bulb, can be found on the north shore of the small peninsula. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recycled metal sculptures by Osha Neumann, an advocate for the residents living on the Albany Bulb, can be found on the north shore of the small peninsula. (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An encampment of about 60 people at the Albany Bulb could be evicted in October as the city of Albany moves to turn it into part of the surrounding state park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Albany Bulb, an old landfill that juts out into the bay, has been called one of the Bay Area's \u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/2007/02/21/albany-bulb-a-different-kind-of-wilderness/\" target=\"_blank\">quirkiest destinations\u003c/a> because of the artwork dotting its landscape of rebar and concrete. After the city stopped using the Bulb as a dump in the mid-1980s, homeless people moved onto the bulging peninsula, which features spectacular panoramic views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Park advocates say incorporating the Albany Bulb into \u003ca href=\"http://www.ebparks.org/parks/eastshore\" target=\"_blank\">McLaughlin Eastshore State Park\u003c/a> has been a nearly 30-year effort with wide public support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Hundreds of thousands of people have voted for it,\" said Robert Cheasty, a former Albany mayor and president of \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastshorepark.org/index.php\">Citizens for East Shore Parks --\u003c/a> an umbrella organization pushing for the eviction and state park stewardship of the Bulb. \"And millions have supported it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this month, the Albany City Council reaffirmed its May 6 decision to enforce the no-camping ordinance, starting in October. The city plans to transfer the land to the oversight of the East Bay Regional Park District, where it will become the centerpiece of the park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for the encampment on the Bulb argue it is part of the local community, and that there should be better plans in place for the homeless after they are evicted.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Apart from the incredible loss to the people who are living there and the threat to them and the fact that they're going to lose their home, what all of us are going to lose is that model of coexistence, of an ecology that includes humanity in it,\" said Osha Neumann, an East Bay attorney who has represented some Bulb residents. He doesn't want the city to clear the camp without making sure the homeless have somewhere else to go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The camp's population has ebbed and flowed over the years. It reached a high point of around 60 in the late 1990s, when Albany enacted a no-camping ordinance and evicted Bulb residents in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, concerns about landfill-tainted drainage, or leachate, stalled the transfer to the park district. At some point, Albany stopped enforcing the no-camping ordinance, and tents and shacks again sprouted in the bushes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/albany-bulb/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people who live on the Bulb don't consider themselves homeless. Some claim to have resided there for more than 10 years, and the ones who say they've lived there for years consider it their home. Many say police found them sleeping on the street in Albany or Berkeley and encouraged them to move to the camp, but the cities dispute that would ever happen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In May, Albany contracted nonprofit Berkeley Food and Housing Project for $60,000 -- or about $1,000 per camp resident -- to connect the people on the Bulb with services and, hopefully, new housing. The campers say they've talked to the outreach workers, but those with a little income from Social Security or other sources worry they won't be able to afford a place to live that is as safe as the camp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's Steve Courie's situation. The 63-year-old blues musician says he's getting too old to camp, and he's too tired for a political fight. But he marched to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_24008859/eviction-imminent-albanys-shoreline-shantytown-residents-plead-be\" target=\"_blank\">Albany City Council meeting\u003c/a> on Sept. 3 with about 20 other Bulb residents anyway, hoping to convince council members to reverse their eviction plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"If we lose this, the ones that don't make it into a house or whatever are going to end up sleeping in business doorways and stuff like that,\" Courie said. \"It's not a pretty picture.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The council voted 4-1 to have police begin enforcement of the no-camping ordinance sometime in October. Council members say letting the camp continue will only make the problem worse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This situation is not going to get better -- it's only going to get worse,\" said Cheasty. \"We can't require that we solve all problems in our society before we have a park. It just doesn't work that way. We have a shoreline park. No one's allowed to privatize it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some Albany residents say they're afraid to go to the Bulb as long as the camp is there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I'm actually one of those people who used to go down there,\" said Patricia Jones, executive director of Citizens for East Shore Parks, \"but I wouldn't go down there alone right now. We're really looking for this to be a positive change -- that these people will be helped and that the park will be returned to the rest of the people.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Neumann doesn't think Albany's $60,000 effort will actually result in housing anybody and said the Bulb campers likely will be kicked to the streets in October.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They don't have a shelter, they don't have a transitional house, they don't have a single unit of low-income subsidized housing,\" he said. \"It's taken years to create this situation. You can't unravel it in three or six months at the beginning of winter, and they know that. 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It reached a high point of around 60 in the late 1990s, when Albany enacted a no-camping ordinance and evicted Bulb residents in 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, concerns about landfill-tainted drainage, or leachate, stalled the transfer to the park district. At some point, Albany stopped enforcing the no-camping ordinance, and tents and shacks again sprouted in the bushes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"//storify.com/kqednews/albany-bulb/embed?border=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The people who live on the Bulb don't consider themselves homeless. Some claim to have resided there for more than 10 years, and the ones who say they've lived there for years consider it their home. 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