since Southern California is trending. My chance to talk about #flooding, #LARain regarding hiow this impacts homelessness.🧵
I'd like to start this thread with the understanding that some people on twitter were at the Rose Parade, camping. 'Trying to stay warm'.
To those whom did, congrats. You experienced a fraction of what the unhoused (about 70k on any given night) exp. #flooding, #LARain
Understand that Gavin @CAgovernor@GavinNewsom Isn't doing anything to protect human life. He is literally treating them like trash. (1/3) #flooding, #LARain
🧵listening in on a Twitter Space and a few things I'll mention in this thread. I sat and listened for a couple of hours. My gripe is obviously not getting to exchange these thought but i blame no one except for my own social anxiety on when to interject. Those cues escape me.
Feds to State to City.
When it comes to vouchers. There is lack of accountability when the state passes along those resources. Where they go, how they're handled. The feds always kick the complaint back to the state and the state kicks it to the city/county or org - depending.
Care court.
I think care court will be weaponized. this is the short & sweet version of my opinion on this. I could go deeper but then I'll never know where to stop because i feel there is too many points to be made on how it'll be used poorly.
No matter what it is, if it be a penal code or a municipal code. Have to be up and gone and fully packed by 6:01am and can only lay down again at 9pm 'peacefully' because some sort of law says so. It's not law. It's harming others. 🧵
Law's are meant to protect and create & keep order. Not meant to be a tool of warfare based on somebody social status -- this would make it classism.
Unhoused are not lesser than or greater but equal. We breath the same air, bleed the same color. Came into this world the same.
To be up by 6:01am. Is not accounting for random strangers going by in the middle of the night, it doesn't count for having to wake up because a car stops near by & random strangers waking up the unhoused asking where they can get their fix.
Based on personal exp & limited research (but always expanding.) It's literally a laundry list but I'll try to keep it short & to the most important points. (also its been a while since I've done a education/preaching thread) 🧵
Let's start with HUD & the way they communicate resources when they feel like shooting out resources.
Latest example is LA got 75k Emergency Housing Vouchers - I, a unhoused individual. Knew about this coming/happening because i follow @HUDgov & @USICHgov ...
... However due to lack of uninformed, unaware, really don't give two cents of a care, just do the job as a paycheck, harmful social workers both by @LACo_DPSS & Ones that work at clinics. Nobody Knew about them. I wanted in on this so hard/badly ....
Fellow advocates: I have a fam PoC young couple with kid. They tried DPSS, HOPICS & other known resources to get housed. I’ve suggested they try the Russ later this morning (they didn’t know about it)
Are there other LA advocates or orgs that can help them later this morning?
They do not have a car. They’re taking buses. They’re currently in a motel near me for the morning. They were out trying to panhandle up the remaining $$ for the deposit & so that’s how i ran into them.
Otherwise if you would like to help them cover another night with their kid (no older than 2yrs old) I can grab a selfie with them & text/call letting them know I have the means to cover it as proof for any silent support’s.
Otherwise if I can grab public support I’ll post proof