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Kapiolani Park curbside land also off-limits to campers, city says
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 4 days ago
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The city says a strip of land where a homeless encampment has been set up in Waikiki is part of Kapi'olani Park, and thus off-limits to camping The decision closes what some had thought was a loophole that would have allowed the homeless to camp there.
Tags: Kapi'olani Park, Kapiolani Park, Honolulu, Informal settlements, Busking, Socioeconomics, Humanitarian aid, Tent city, The Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, Homelessness
104: Joe Arpaio
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility America's Sheriff' Still Arresting Anyone He Doesn't Like [Joe Arpaio] Best Known As: Political Figure Gist: Joseph M. Arpaio (born June 14, 1932 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States) is a law enforcement officer, and the sheriff of Maricopa County,...
Tags: Joseph M. Arpaio, Joe Arpaio, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Maricopa County Arizona, Entertainment Culture, Social Issues, Walter Cronkite, Law Crime, Illegal immigration to the United States, Tent city, Bohemian Rhapsody, Phoenix New Times, Arizona, Smile...You're Under Arrest!, Journalism
Web site puts face on homelessness
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The former exec was living on the streets in Hollywood, California, where for a dollar he let people take a photograph of his pet iguana, named Dog. "I was sitting by the Chinese theater with my iguana, surrounded by Asian tourists, with my head down,...
Tags: Mark Horvath, Whrrl, Seattle, social media, Hollywood Boulevard, characters conference, Los Angeles, Queer as Folk, Horvￃﾡth, Gnomedex, Online social networking, Tent city, Homelessness, Twitter
Tent city: Issues with Eureka City Hall campers may go before council
Eureka :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility Eureka Police Chief Garr Nielsen said the department has been receiving calls from city employees about the overnighters, an issue that will probably go before the council on Tuesday. In addition to the parking spots, there have been some concerns over...
Tags: Eureka City Hall, Kim Starr, Garr Nielsen, St. Vincent de Paul, Eureka, Timber industry, Eureka California, Humboldt County California, Loitering, Tent city, Northern California, Homelessness
Editorial: Don't break camp on Tent City
Nashville :: TN :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Fortunately, advocates for the homeless now are being included in that conversation. But it's a tense situation that needs careful monitoring. Less than two months ago, police Cmdr. Damian Huggins told the Metro Homelessness Commission that the camp...
Tags: Tent City, Nashville, Homeless, Homelessness
Anchorage Battles Chronic Public Drunkenness
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility Alaska On a recent Tuesday night, Anchorage police sergeant Dennis Allen came upon a familiar face at a bus stop. It was Paul, one of Anchorage's 400 or so homeless alcoholics who chronically get drunk in public. He was drinking malt liquor from a...
Tags: Dennis Allen, Paul, chronically public, Darrel Hess, Anchorage, Homeless shelter, Anchorage Alaska, Homelessness in the United States, Homelessness, Tent city, Housing first
Tent City II Draws Young & Not-So-Young
New Haven :: CT :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility SHesees a homeless woman there every day looking “sad” and holding two signs that say, “Please help me” and “Will work for money and food.” That woman inspired a unique field trip Thursday night. Sargent (pictured second from right) is a seventh-grader...
Sacramento area falls short on winter beds for homeless
Rancho Cordova :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Nearly a month after Mayor Kevin Johnson announced a plan for providing winter shelter for 269 homeless people, an autumn storm is looming and only a fraction of the promised beds are available. Maryhouse, a social services program for women and children,...
Tags: Michele Steeb, Sacramento County, winter shelter, task force, winter beds, sacramento area, Rancho Cordova, Poverty, Schizophrenia, Sacramento California, Rancho Cordova California, Tent city, Homelessness, Sacramento metropolitan area, Busking, Social Issues
Homeless man has key role in Sacramento debate
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Scraggly, rumpled and destitute, having lived outdoors for the better part of seven years, Kraintz has become a most unlikely political force. He has Mayor Kevin Johnson's ear, and is on a first-name basis with political power brokers...He carries a cell...
Tags: Rudolph John Kraintz, Sacramento County, Kevin Johnson, Sacramento, Homeless, Homelessness in the United States, Homelessness, Tent city, Sacramento California
Deadline nears for homeless along St. Johns River
Visalia :: CA :: USA | 24 days ago
Credibility During the past few months, the unemployed welder has been looking for jobs around Visalia rather than applying for the $200 a month in public assistance the county offers its poorest residents...A sleeping bag and a tent in a relatively secure area,...
Tags: Visalia, Busking, Socioeconomics, Tent city, Visalia California, The Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice, Homelessness, Tulare County California, Informal settlements, Social Issues, Schizophrenia, Homelessness in the United States, Homelessness in Canada, Poverty
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