San Diego Homeless News

September 2011 Edition - Published by the 200,000 San Diego Homeless

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Published the First Weekend of Each Month, with paper publication Monday.

Dedicated to the principle that there is a solution to San Diego homelessness that gives all parties, including bankers, real estate developers, the homeless ourselves,and the City, each 80% of what they want.

UN Condemns US for its Human Rights Violations!

Sanctions sought against Cities, Counties

The United Nations Commission on Clean Water, Sanitation, and Poverty concluded that major cities in the United States were some of the worst Human Rights violators, due to restricting poor people's access to drinking water, proper toilets, and criminalizing the failure to pay rent. Investigator Caterina de Albuquerque, working for the UN, visited many US cities in late February and found them in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, for the reasons stated. Legal action and/or sanctions are pending, the local (US) fight being spearheaded by Eric Tars, Human Rights Program Director for the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. Official statistics show 700,000 homeless that actually reside permanently on streets and sidewalks, with a probable 21 million who can wear the label "homeless", total. Skid Row, in Los Angeles, is listed as the meanest city in the world.

Police Beat & Kill Unarmed Homeless Man for No Reason

FBI Investigation Continues

According to the New York Times, Aug. 4, Page A17, police in Fullerton, suburbran Los Angeles (Orange County), are being investigated for the improper and brutal death of Kelly Thomas, a local homeless man. One City Council member has called for the Chief of Police to resign. The incident was recorded both by independent press photographers and by surveilance video cameras. Five of the officers involved have been placed on Administrative Leave, and the sixth was already on same due to a previous incident.

Rumor Mill Tries to scuttle nets

Nonprofits, Providers Told Lies

Efforts to network the service providers and nonprofit organizations have been hampered by several undercover operatives telling lies to principals and major operators within those orgs. The scam goes like this: "Harvey's organization says terrible things about you guys at Mike's Social Services." Then, a trip to Harvey's to say that Mike's is bad-rapping them. As for me, I criticize everyone constructively, in the San Diego Homeless News. As for truth, nobody is really saying anything bad about any other provider.

Law Clinic Emerges

Focus on Poverty and Homeless

Girls Think Tank, a group of lawyers who founded the Coalition For Basic Dignity, will be holding a free legal clinic at the WaterMan Check In Center, 917 Ninth Avenue, or 9th and E, September 8 at 7 PM. Bring your legal problems and talk to a real lawyer. Other legal clinics exist, too, including one at Father Joe's. It is NOT TRUE that they only help those who live in his village. See the Law sub-page at www.NZ9F.com/Law/L2.

Chinese Study Links lack of toilets to increased heart attacks

Several studies by China lead to conclusion

The University of China in Beijing has conducted several research studies on the cause of acute heart attacks, and found one cause to be worry about reaching a toilet in time when elderly. Further information not available at time of publication.

Man sells food pantry goods on trolley, buys cocaine

Same man stole this website's computer and camera gear

Wednesday after the main Chula Vista meal for the poor and homeless, a local serial perpetrator who obtained free food at that meal from the Food Pantry sold it on the San DiegoTrolley. Crossing the Border, he purchased cocaine with the money.

Supportive, Subsidized, and Affordable Housing Fail

None are viable option for the homeless

Once the mainstay of those earning poverty wages, HUD Section 8 demanded 20% of a poor person's income for rent. That plan worked, but much has changed even in the past year. The REAL INFLATION RATE for poor people is more than ten times the rate for average people. And, most so-called "affordable" programs now demand 30% of wages for rent, too. Add it all up, and the fact is this: Poor people cannot afford any money at all from their shrinking income for rent.

The things bought by poor people, such as the 50-cent per loaf bread, now cost double. Regular non-poor people bought the three-dollar bread and still do. Half-dollar coffee, also a homeless and poor staple used as an appetite suppressant and antidepressant, now costs triple.Bank fees are no longer free. ATM use is no longer half a dollar, either. Poor people do not use gasoline, but use such things as knockoff-brand Spam meat, once 88 cents as recently as one year ago, now over two dollars. Most ordinary people used the real Spam brand, which was three dollars and now approaches four. Hot dog buns, same problem. The Poor Man's Market Basket has seen 40% APR inflation for years, and now the poor barely have enough money to survive, without paying any rent at all.

Housing is a "feel good" or comfort item, as opposed to being necessary for survival, like food and medicine. It is therefore what poor people do without. One man put it very well when he said, "If you don't want me to be homeless, don't force me to go without housing." That sums it up.