Heads up: Panhandling beyond the downtown area

[danno]

quote:Originally posted by Aa5drvr

>>Sometimes he brings a female companion or a >>scruffy dog for added impact.

Sounds like Mathis Brothers commercial or the "1-800-2-sellhomes" lady.

Lol no joke. Is that 1-800-2-sellhomes thing local? She sounds like an okie. I'll give her credit, the new commercials are far superior to those early ones.

[Kashmir]

I like the one where she is clutching the grandchild tightly, and after the child gives the "18002SELLHOMES!" she fights to get free and runs off.  Awesome kid with some spirit!

[Rico]

Reading this, and other issues that have surfaced recently regarding the homeless, seems a little overwhelming.

It could amount to a broken cog in the wheel of progress in the Downtown area.... At least there is a plan in place, that is being moved forward, to disperse the homeless across the City and provide them with both support and housing. Possibly the cluster of sanctuaries for the less fortunate that takes up so much of Downtown will begin to be dismantled.

Although I am hopeful.... I am also thankful that we do not have the situation described below.
from the Daily Bulletin in Ontario CA.


Homless issue discussed at Ontario council meeting
Article Created: 02/20/2008 04:54:43 AM PST

ONTARIO - About 30 homeless people and their advocates appeared at the Ontario City Council meeting tonight, many holding handwritten cardboard signs reading: "Ontario has a heart" or "Emergency shelter = 15 beds. We need more!" and carrying enlarged photos of a dirty latrine allegedly maintained by the city for the 300 to 400 homeless in Tent City.

Poster boards sat outside of City Hall, scrawled with proposed changes to the encampment, such as a single exit/entry and an enforced code of conduct.

Homeless advocates said they have wanted to work with city officials to implement order and improvements at the site but were getting little feedback.

Mayor Paul Leon asked Housing Director Brent Schultz to schedule a meeting with the advocacy groups in order to discuss the matter.

andrea.bennett@sbsun.com