2/ I, along with many other people who've been sick am wait-listed for a gov apt. 2.5 yrs so far. I've met many homeless veterans, women & men, on Social Security disability who are wait-listed for VA housing. -Michaela
@Ahab_Of_Gilead@jorymicah Former CA gov @JerryBrownGov pushed for a high-speed train to be built. Voters approved $10 bil on ballot. Train now $90 bil over budget, not done, expected to top $200 bil.
@Ahab_Of_Gilead@jorymicah@JerryBrownGov We DON'T need that high-speed rail in CA! People here are $1 billion behind in their water bills, due to Covid job losses. Special orders, for public health exist, to keep water on in their homes. It's not just conservatives who blow money. Plenty of liberals do so as well.
@Ahab_Of_Gilead@jorymicah@JerryBrownGov Former CA gov @JerryBrownGov had to have gotten reports on his desk & briefings about homelessness in CA. He didn't address it. Instead he whined about a dumb train (and I've been on the fast train btwn Paris and Geneva decades ago; nice. But not needed in CA.) Cc: @GavinNewsom
@JerryDyerFresno 9/ The staffs and management at Naomi House for women, the homeless shelter @PoverelloHouse were incredibly abusive. They constantly threatened vulnerable, mostly mentally ill women, with the sts for "disobeying" some new made-up rule(s). What jerks! -Michaela cc: @SoniaMDLR
2/ Yesterday afternoon I watched a homeless mentally ill man be a brat and steal AND break two huge, expensive windows there at Blackstone & Sierra. He DOES know the difference btwn right & wrong. His SELFISH conduct carries the stigma of the mentally ill.
3/ I was an award-winning paralegal in college. I worked for top Silicon Vly law firms. In my application for a gov studio apt and disability, I became homeless. I am not a substance abuser nor do I have a criminal history. I am 58. -Michaela