Tag: Monica Martinez Wed, May 22, 2013

• Councilmember to Weigh Homeless Funding

  Politics Mar 26, 2013, by Jacob Pierce 2 Comments
  

  It’s much too soon, Vice Mayor Lynn Robinson says, to discuss any cuts to the Homeless Services Center’s day programs. Some worry such cuts would not make Santa Cruz any safer.

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• Homeless Proposals Face Challanges

  BusinessPolitics Oct 23, 2012, by Jacob Pierce
  

  When Charles Edwards, a mentally ill homeless man from San Francisco, stabbed Camouflage co-owner Shannon Collins on Ocean Street in May, he sent shockwaves through the Santa Cruz community. “Everyone felt so much pressure to act,” Rowland Rebele says of the intense debate over the city’s homeless problem that arose after Collins’ murder.

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• Doing A 180 On Homelessness

  News Jul 02, 2012, by Georgia Perry 11 Comments
  

  Permanent Supportive Housing is a model for solving the problem of homelessness, and it is the backbone of a national grassroots effort called the 100,000 Homes Campaign. With this model, homeless individuals are put into housing—literally, “Here’s an apartment, here’s a key,” no questions asked—and wrapped in any and all supportive services they may need for the rest of their lives until they die, hopefully with dignity and indoors. Santa Cruz has just joined the campaign with its own Project 180/180.

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