Monday, January 29, 2018

HOMELESS IN LA RAZA MEXICAN-OCCUPIED ANAHEIM MEXIFORNIA - EVERY LEGAL IS ONLY ONE PAYCHECK AND TWELVE ILLEGALS AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS..... When have you heard the pro-amnesty politicians express shame for letting this happen???

HOMELESS CRISIS IN LOS ANGELES, MEXICO’S SECOND LARGEST 


CITY, WORSENS BY THE DAY….        Approximates the great depression


http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/11/homeless-crisis-in-mexicos-second.html

“This could be anyone tomorrow”


Anaheim, California: Homeless encampment residents speak on their conditions

By Adam Mclean, Kevin Martinez and Kimie Saito
29 January 2018
A December Housing and Urban Development report detailed a net increase in homelessness in the US for the first time in seven years. While homelessness in the US—and in California in particular, with some 114,000 homeless in the state—has exploded in the last several years, there is little official work to alleviate the conditions of the thousands who have been abandoned.
Rather, the issue is dealt with only to the extent that it affects the interests of the wealthy, and in such a manner that is only considerate of those interests. This is the case with an Anaheim, California homeless encampment, which sits on the Santa Ana riverbed next to Anaheim’s Major League Baseball stadium. The stadium generates more than $1 million per year in taxes alone and is owned by Disney, which has also received long-term tax exemptions from the city to renovate Disneyland resort hotels.
Rather than offering equal charity to those living on the riverbed, the city has started a “slow and methodical” drive to shut down the encampment. The city is asking for “voluntary compliance” in vacating the encampment, but failing that has threatened to escalate this drive.
WSWS reporters spoke to residents about their conditions in the encampment and ensuing removal. The general picture that emerges is that residents are predominantly working class, but most have suffered certain financial shocks—often due to health issues—that they have been unable to bear, and find themselves on the street. This, combined with an already high cost of living and unaffordable housing in the area, exacerbates homelessness.
Typical was Cher Stuckman’s case. She had previously worked as an administrative assistant in a hospital and later as a nanny, but after suffering from a stroke and from chronic seizures, and after supporting her daughter’s own illness, was unable to afford to keep a roof over her head.
"They treat their homeless like s***, like we’re second class citizens, like we’re not worth anything," Stuckman noted. "We are worth something. We all have a trade that we can do, but for whatever reason can’t do it. There are very few people down here who are just bums. Very few … There’s a misconception that everyone down here does drugs. That’s wrong. I mean, people are people. There’s some use, sure, but it’s not extreme.
“There’s not any affordable housing in Orange County. I was born and raised out here and look how I’m treated. I pay my taxes. I’ve worked since I was 13 years old. I’m going to be 60 this year. How many years of work is that?
“I’d like to see any of the people who are trying to push us out—I’d like to see them live homeless. It’s not fun. It’s possible, but it’s not fun. No one wants this. You make do with what you have.”
In the encampment Stuckman met her partner, previously a tow truck driver for many years, who has helped take care of her health.
Denise, a middle-aged woman in a wheelchair, said that it was impossible for her to get a job because of her disability. Pointing to apartments behind her, she said, “This could be them tomorrow. This could be anyone tomorrow.”
A good number of those in the encampment are still working. A young worker named Jeremy said, “I used to work on the tugboats in New Orleans. Then I came to California and worked out here on the water. But then I got laid off. What I do now is I wash windows at the gas station. I’ve been doing that for several weeks now, every day, for free. I work for tips.”
Victor, who had previously owned a painting business, talked about the difficultly in recovering from homelessness. “People aren’t all here because of drugs and alcohol. They come here and become alcoholics. There are plenty of people that don’t belong here. They come here when they have nowhere else to go.
“A lot of people have jobs, but it’s hard to get them. You walk into a place with an application, and you haven’t showered, you’re dirty, you’re already feeling self-conscious about yourself. you’re not going to get a job when there are three or four other guys, clean-shaven coming from home, that you have to compete with.”
While some in the encampment accepted the actions of the police, others were more suspicious. One man reported police throwing belongings into a compactor when their owner wasn’t there to claim them, saying it was trash that needed to be cleaned up. Another told an anecdote about a friend who received several tickets for minor violations like not having a flasher on his bike, and subsequently being told by the officer “You’re from the riverbed right? Go back there and spread the word.” He called the aggressive ticketing a form of harassment.
Donovan Farrow, a veteran and independent contractor who has done electrical, dry wall, and framing work, described getting mixed messages from the police. “Usually the sheriff deputies will talk with us nicely. Some of them even brought us hamburgers. And then the Anaheim PD [Police Department] will come along and start pulling on my tent.
“They’ve already taken away items of mine, even though I did exactly as they said: ‘separate the trash from personal items.’ They threw away my harmonicas, my personal collection! Soon after that the sheriff’s department came around and the guy told me, ‘You did a good job of composing yourself.’ That was nice to hear. But less than a half hour later, Anaheim PD is pushing me.”
Residents’ attitudes toward their looming expulsion, and to their general conditions, was one of frustration. Some made note of the massive inequality that characterizes the US.
Donovan said plainly that “the problem is American capitalism. They control the oil. They control the food. They control the pharmaceuticals. They control everything.”
Jessie, a retired engraver, commented, “There’s no middle class anymore. It’s like you’re either poor or rich. There’s not much room for people in between. That’s not the way this country is supposed to be. It’s supposed to be equal for everybody. We’re getting away from the ideals on which the country was built if we’re not taking care of the people who help make the country. The people who are working in the factories, not the politicians, the people who actually make the stuff, they’re the ones being squeezed out.”
Victor brought up the question of war: “The president, the hell with the president. Getting us into situations we don’t need to be in. I mean, if he went to war today, I would not wave the flag. Not behind Trump.”


Drug Rehab Centers are Fueling Homeless Epidemic in California

 

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/12/19/drug-rehab-centers-are-fueling-homelessness-in-california/

 

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Drug rehabilitation or “rehab” centers are increasingly being seen as a contributing factor in the homeless epidemic that has swept across the Golden State.

“There’s evidence to suggest a portion of the growth [of homelessness] in some Orange County cities, and to a lesser degree in Los Angeles, can be attributed to the rehab industry’s aggressive recruitment of addicts – and their lucrative insurance payments – from around the country,” the Orange County Register noted in a recent article.
The issue rests in the fact that the drug rehab centers’ business models actually wind up leaving addicts stranded on the streets. The rehab model is also highly lucrative, bringing in hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per year.
Often, once a patient’s insurance money runs out, rehab homes and facilities will kick him or her out on the street, which results in relapse and, often, homelessness.
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, over 60 percent of people who receive drug rehabilitation will relapse. Many of these individuals wind up homeless.
In 2015, Forbes reported:
The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency estimates that over 23 million Americans (age 12 and older) are addicted to alcohol and other drugs. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), just under 11% (2.5 million) received care at an addiction treatment facility in 2012. SAMHSA also estimates that the market for addiction treatment is about $35 billion per year.
According to Los Angeles County’s annual homeless count, the region’s homeless population has grown 23 percent since 2016. The study also found that the number of homeless people in L.A. County whose last residence was out of state increased by 21 percent.
The Register points out that in Florida, there is a strong link between rehab and drug-treatment facilities and homelessness, and particularly in Palm Beach County, where government counts reportedly found a 73 percent increase over the past two years in the number of homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 24.
“The (rehab patients) are not going back home to the Northeast,” Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, who leads the county’s Sober Home Task Force, told the Register. “The incentives are too great to remain here: the free rent, the free transportation, the lifestyle. They’ve set up these individuals for failure.”
Adelle Nazarian is a politics and national security reporter for Breitbart News. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.


Homeless man found dead in donation bin in San Diego, California

By Kevin Martinez
18 December 2017
A man was found dead in a bin used for clothing donations in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, California last Friday. Police were called to the scene around 7:15 a.m., a few blocks away from the San Diego Police Department’s (SDPD) Multi-Cultural Community Relations building.
Authorities say the man was in his 40s and appeared to be homeless. Foul play was not suspected in his death and it is unclear how long he was stuck in the bin before he died. The man may have been trying to get warm clothing before he suffocated to death.
The man’s name has not been released, but local news media spoke with a woman at the scene who say the man was a friend of those who lived in a nearby homeless encampment.
The donation bin where the man was discovered was marked “Clothing & Shoes” and was located in a shopping center parking lot one block away from the San Diego Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter.
The number of homeless deaths has increased significantly over the last several years in the city. At least 117 homeless people died on the streets of San Diego last year, according to the San Diego Rescue Mission. That number does not include those lost to the Hepatitis A outbreak, which killed 20, mostly homeless individuals. The year before there were 90 deaths on the streets of America’s “finest city,” and in 2014 there 56 deaths.
Some of last year’s casualties included a 21-year-old who overdosed on heroin and a 62-year-old who died from an accident that caused blunt force injuries to his head. Of the 117 deaths listed, 26 were in their 60s.
San Diego has the fourth largest homeless population in the United States, with an estimated 9,160 people homeless on any given night, according to a report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Only New York City, Los Angeles County and Seattle/ King County in Washington had larger homeless populations.
During a one-night count in January, the number of homeless actually increased by 0.7 percent to 553,742 people over the previous year. This marks the first year-over-year increase in the national homeless population since 2010. In California, the number increased by 13.7 percent to 134,278, which means out of every 10,000 Californians, 34 are homeless. In San Diego, the number increased by 5 percent.
Homelessness has largely increased due to the lack of affordable housing and little or no government assistance to prevent people from sliding into poverty. Especially on the West Coast, where rent rises faster than the average paycheck, those who face the prospect of losing shelter have little or no recourse than staying with friends or in vehicles, or on the streets.
While nationwide, the number of homeless living unsheltered in tents, cars and on the street is 35 percent, in San Diego the number is 61.6 percent. Statewide, California has the highest rate of unsheltered homeless in the US with 68.2 percent of the homeless population unsheltered.

RVs Become Only Housing Option for Many in Unaffordable San Francisco


by ADELLE NAZARIAN18 Dec 2017298

Housing prices and the homeless epidemic in Northern California are two factors that have contributed to what is being described as a “crisis” in which trailers and recreational vehicles (RVs) have become the only viable option for residents of the Bay Area.

“We’ve never seen it like this,” Tom Myers, executive director of Community Services Agency of Mountain View, told the San Jose Mercury News. “We have to be prepared that this will be the new normal for us. It’s a crisis.” According to the publication, San Francisco averages more than three complaints a day about RV communities.
“I have to do whatever I have to do,” Robert Ramirez, 54, who lives on lives on government assistance and collecting recyclable items, told the Mercury News. He has been living in his RV for six months. He is currently in San Jose but will likely be asked to move in a short amount of time.
The median cost of a two-bedroom apartment is approximately $2,500 in San Jose and $2,200 in Oakland.
RV residents, while they do not consider themselves homeless, are reportedly often included in overall homeless counts. Since 2015, the number of homeless people has jumped to nearly 40 percent.
The stretch along South 7th Street in San Jose has become an RV haven for people who cannot afford the city’s skyrocketing rents.
During her annual State of the City address last month, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called on her constituents to open their doors and residences to the city’s homeless. “Give up that Airbnb. Fix up that back unit,” Schaff reportedly said.
In 2015, SF Weekly noted: “Although it’s illegal to inhabit a vehicle in San Francisco between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., police rarely enforce that law.”
Adelle Nazarian is a politics and national security reporter for Breitbart News. Follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

 "Shielding American workers from foreign competition gave rise to the middle class which, in turn, created the "American Dream."

"The US jobs report for November, released Friday, provides 

further evidence that the much vaunted economic “recovery” 

in the United States has overwhelmingly benefited Wall 

Street, whose stock bonanza is based above all on stagnant 

wages and the destruction of working-class living standards."

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