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The Downtown Portland - Clean and Safe District has taken control of 213 blocks of Downtown Oldtown Portland. Did you know that your neighborhood is now in a BID?
The Downtown Portland - Clean and Safe District has taken control of 213 blocks of Downtown Oldtown Portland. Did you know that your neighborhood is now in a BID?
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03.26.20

Community response to Covid-19 & other ways to help your community locally

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LAUNDRY SUPPORT FOR SRO RESIDENTS
Help my neighbors with laundromat quarters and cleaning supplies

I live at the Altamont Hotel, which is an SRO (single resident occupancy) run by Mission Housing. I’ve brought up to them that it makes sense for dealing with bed bugs to always have the laundromat be free. However, […]

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03.26.20

SACRAMENTO SERVICES NOT SWEEPS COALITION [SSNSC] DEMANDS

NEED: We are in the midst of a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Sacramento Services Not Sweeps Coalition [SSNSC] feels, as does the Center for Disease Control [CDC], National Coalition for the Homeless, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, and Housing & Urban Development [HUD] that it is critical for communities to proactively address the unique […]

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03.25.20

100 Medical Experts Call on San Francisco to Expedite Housing the Unhoused

For Immediate Release
Contact: Joseph Wilson, Executive Director, Hospitality House
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100 Medical Experts Call on San Francisco to Expedite Housing the Unhoused

In an open letter published in the SF Examiner today, 100 doctors and medical professionals urge increasing city’s hotel […]

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03.24.20

POLICE RAID OF DINNING AREA RIGHT NOW – MEDIA EVENT AT TOWN CLOCK IN SANTA CRUZ AT 5 TODAY IN SANTA CRUZ.

The police are currently surrounding the Food Not Bombs meal shutting down the only food for poor people. They just handed us a letter dated yesterday ordering us to stop feeding people. They did not talk with us or negotiate with us. We have placed circles every six feet and have marked off our food […]

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Stop the Sweeps Coalition | URGENT: Please Call Elected Officials to Say STOP THE SWEEPS! OREGON

Stop the Sweeps coalition | URGENT: Please Call Elected Officials to Say STOP THE SWEEPS! OREGON

In December 2019, the Stop the Sweeps Pdx coalition (groups listed below) demanded an end to sweeps.
Despite the rapidly growing Covid-19 pandemic, the City of Portland and ODOT are still sweeping people. Sweeps kill under the best of […]

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Stop the Sweeps Austin ☎️☎️☎️CALL THE CITY! Demand housing and hotel vouchers for all living outside who want to come in! & STOP THE SWEEPS! ☎️ #’s👇🏼 UT has emptied its Dorms, West Campus is empty, Air BNB is kaput, hotels are too. There is plenty of housing to go around and it should not only be offered to to already sick individuals. Bring folks in NOW. This morning the city released an update to its strategic plan on homelessness during the COVID 19 outbreak. In this document they reveal a plan to move sick individuals into a hotel in north Austin (determined by what testing?). They also pat themselves on the back for offering 20 hand washing stations and bathrooms to serve the thousands of individuals living outside around town. In response to growing criticism and community action around growing hunger (as services have all but disappeared) they unveil plans to serve food (with no details, perhaps next week??). This is NOT ENOUGH. Sickeningly, they also reveal their plans to RESTART SWEEPS, explicitly stating their plans to take tents and mattresses from people, as soon as they develop a “safety” plan for their workers. This puts all of us at risk, and continues a pattern of abuse that 20 hand washing stations does not make better. Call the Austin City Manager Office and Austin Mayor Steve Adler tell them to stop the sweeps and house the people, before they have to get sick. ☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️☎️ Call the City Managers office at 512-974-2200. Ask for Beverly Wilson Call the Mayor’s office at 512-978-2122 Austin Public Health City of Austin Public Works
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1 Apr 1245144849717682176

Perhaps a better announcement would be:

Despite unanimous support from Board of Supervisors to get homeless people into hotel rooms, Mayor @LondonBreed has neglected to put a single person in during the #COVID19 crisis.

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This is what happens after 5 people test positive in the shelter. While a million hotel rooms seat empty!

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27 Mar 1243678096433135617

@NYCMayor Law enforcement sweeps, diversion programs & targeting of homeless New Yorkers survival activities threaten to exacerbate #COVID19 crisis & must be halted NYPD must practice #SocialDistancing like everyone else http://bit.ly/HomelessCantStayHome #AskMyMayor #HomelessCantStayHome

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27 Mar 1243663962903687168

Social Distancing at Shelters is Impossible!!!

Housing MUST be Opened Up to Protect ALL of our Community These pictures tell it all. Also read the FB comment.

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27 Mar 1243675736323457024

#stopthesweeps in a global pandemic AND ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCE …. by the way towing vehicles still A SWEEP!!!!

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