@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva 2/ Many homeless have disabling medical conditions. They aren't quickly given disability income, housing, and other services. I'm 59, epileptic/unemployed paralegal, in my car for 3 yrs in Fresno, CA. No drugs, alcohol, crimes. Cc: @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco 3/ A shocked Englishman wrote me on Twitter wks ago. It is unlawful in England to release a medically disabled person from the hospital without giving them disability income, housing, other stabilizing services.
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco 4/ The Englishman was shocked that I was in my car for 3 yrs in Fresno, CA due to epilepsy and other neurological problems it causes. Cc: @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 5/ Do you know that it takes 3, 6, 10, 15+ yrs to be approved for Social Security disability? Many rejections, in most cases. Have to get an attorney at the federal level to appeal, if you know how.
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 6/ NAME me another necessary service where the response time is 3 to 20 yrs? 🤔. Our sts descend into chaos because the government has harmful policies that result in chaos! Why am I and other women epileptics in Fresno's scary, dangerous shelters? I REFUSE to go back! -Michaela
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 7/ We (the US) are the richest nation on the planet. CA is the richest state in the US. If CA were a nation, it would rank 5th in wealth, after Germany (4th place) and before India (6th place). -Michaela
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 8/ Elected officials have chosen to be slackers, not addressing these issues. We epileptics, for example, are easy cases to solve and stabilize. Yet, there is no such thing. Because gov, including Dems, did nothing.
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 9/ Look at this picture of this beautiful baby girl. Isn't she a cutie? She's also DEAD! She died on the sts of Fresno, CA, because government had no money supposedly to house her, her elder sister, and mom, all homeless. She died on sts of Fresno, CA. 💔 Just evil!
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 10/ The @StateofCA claims to have money for the high-speed train, $75 billion over budget and NOT done. Voters approved $10 bil. Do you know how much housing $85 bil buys in CA?
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge @StateofCA 11/ I can't stand former CA gov @JerryBrownGov who wanted high-speed train. Jerry is totally out of touch with reality and shouldn't be enabled. Use wifi, computer, and Zoom to communicate btwn NorCal and SoCal, like during Covid. Cheaper.
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge @StateofCA @JerryBrownGov 12/ It is so deeply offensive to me that former gov @jerrybrown risked ALL of our lives, didn't give a damn. Take a eco friendly skateboard btwn LA and San Francisco. Jump in the Pacific Ocean and swim the distance. Dead baby Fresno, CA. Homeless family. Gov had no $ to house.🤔
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge @StateofCA @JerryBrownGov @JerryBrown 13/ @SecretaryPete pledged more money, almost $1 billion, to CA high-speed train. Anyone who supports fast train needs to turn over their house, other assets to those of us unsheltered. Enough!
@kkreitman @joeynova33 @Rachel1964Alva @Jason_Elliott @MayorJerryDyer @BalderramaPaco @EpilepsyFdn @EFNORCAL @jdeboo1 @Surgeon_General @DrBurkeHarris @SecBecerra @SecFudge 5a/ The entire Social Security disability application process is designed to create the maximum amount of chaos, and denials. And it delivers: To our streets! What a mess! Needless!

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4 Jul
Friends: I am down to 3 bars of gas in my small car. No coffee $. No food $. I'm homeless, age 59, due to life-long epilepsy and other neurological conditions from it. The government takes YRS to grant benefits! Could anyone PayPal me $ for basic needs for the day? Thank you.
2/ Me: No drugs, alcohol, or crimes. Just epilepsy since age 6, and other neurological problems from it, which are quite serious. Our government decides to take yrs and play games with peoples' health. It takes YRS to get benefits, housing. Outrageous.
Thanks @danielbowmanjr for enough $ to get coffee, some food, and some gas until tomorrow. I just saw a mentally ill homeless man sifting thru a dumpster looking for food. He is young. Black clothes. Very hot here. I will try to find him. Feed. I want to cry at what gov does.
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@RealALEXAN @KSEE24 2/ @MayorJerryDyer @Esmeralda_Soria @fresnoland @jdeboo1 @Jason_Elliott A man from England tweeted me last WK. He was horrified that I'm an epileptic sleeping in my car yr 3. No disability income, no apt. It's unlawful in UK to release patients without $, apt, help.-Michaela
@RealALEXAN @KSEE24 @MayorJerryDyer @Esmeralda_Soria @fresnoland @jdeboo1 @Jason_Elliott 3/ Social Security disability is a joke. It takes 3, 6, 8, 10, 15+ yrs to get. It is designed to NOT help people. Many rejections. Are sts are in chaos. Hospital bills skyrocketing from acute medical conditions caused by homelessness. -Michaela
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@LovesMercy I suggest that you file a written complaint with the Fresno County Civil Grand Jury. I'd be happy to testify before them. Even the liberal places like Dakota Eco Village are a culturally toxic mess, abusive, dangerous, arrogant Board members.
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@LovesMercy 2/ According to the sexist old Unitarian white man/Dakota Eco Village Board member Gerry B, I had to change one thing about myself & he got to choose. He said I was too strong. I'm 1/2 Russian, paralegal, worked for top Bay Area attorneys, and changed CA law for crime victims. 😂
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@Auras_Journey @AFR365 4/ A friend suggested that I join Debtors' Anonymous (also Underearners' Anonymous). She thought they could teach me self-care concepts, after my family that was deficient in such skills. I did. I learned how to save for my birthday, things I wanted (earrings), flowers, foods.
@Auras_Journey @AFR365 5/ I learned how to do all of those things, met with two other people for Pressure Relief Groups to take Action Steps. I ultimately did not stay with DA because I'm not a shopper. I had an Anxiety Disorder. Being around the crowds & noise & lights & all that stuff was misery.
@Auras_Journey @AFR365 6/ As an epileptic with photosensitive epilepsy (the color red, stripes, certain patterns, office lights, concert lights, and movies)...they make me very sick, very fast. They cause too much electricity in my brain. ⚡🧠
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@StanfordPSY @StanfordBrain @PascaStanford @KarlDeisseroth 2/ I was priced out of Silicon Vly housing and moved to Fresno, CA 4 yrs ago for the cheaper cost of rent & a Social Work degree @fresnostate . My plans were derailed by sick, hospital.
@StanfordPSY @StanfordBrain @PascaStanford @KarlDeisseroth @FresnoState 3/ I have photosensitive epilepsy too: the color red, stripes, flashing lights, concert lights, clubs, and movies to name a few.
@StanfordPSY @StanfordBrain @PascaStanford @KarlDeisseroth @FresnoState 4/ I also have depression and anxiety, common in the epileptic brain. I do not smoke, drink, or use drugs. I was told since childhood that it would combine with my epilepsy medicines and kill me. I obeyed the instructions.
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@DanPriceSeattle @dtripp4801 @FDRLST I'm in CA. We've other examples of outrageous spending behavior. Yrs ago voters approved high-speed train construction. $10 bil dollars. Now, $85 bil over budget, not done. I'm unemployed paralegal, 59, with epilepsy since age 6. Sleep in my Civic 3 yrs. No disability. No apt.
@DanPriceSeattle @dtripp4801 @FDRLST 2/ I earned A's in college. Worked for Silicon Vly law firms. Moved to Fresno, CA (1.5 hrs S of Yosemite). Plans derailed by sick, hospital. Spent savings. Most relatives dead. Few survivors taking care of disabled relatives.
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