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And The Beat Goes On!!!

Hey Everyone! While we are all feeling immense disappointment at the defeat of this legislation, the true disappointment comes from knowing that in the eyes of the state of California, poor and homeless people do not deserve the most basic…

No Housing, No Treatment, but there sure are plenty of Laws!

In response to deep cuts to federal and state funding for affordable housing, California cities have enacted and enforced a wide range of local codes that target or disproportionately impact homeless people. These anti-homeless laws mimic vagrancy laws of past…

Sign the Petition to Demand Mayor Hancock End the Sweeps

Sign the Petition to Demand Mayor Hancock End the Sweeps Demand that sweeps of the homeless, be halted immediately! Mayor Hancock since December has repeatedly ordered sweeps of homeless people and the city confiscating and trashing their meager possessions to…

Sweeps Continue Everyday and Everywhere…There is Nowhere to Rest without Police Moving Us Along…

The big sweep on Tuesday March 8th was not a one day, one time sweep. No, unlike what you may think from watching the news, that was just the kick off. Every day this week police have been on the…

Sweeps of People Without Homes Continue All Over Denver Wednesday March 9th

On, Wednesday March 9th 2016, Denver City Officials continued to sweep people surviving on the streets in effort to push people “away….” The sweeps did not end on Tuesday. And they appear to be continuing indefinitely as people have nowhere…

A tale of two homeless sweeps

After a very long and chaotic week for the campers on Division Street, they were finally forced to move, with The City putting up barriers to prevent their return. During that time, the destitute and displaced were threatened with arrest,…

Sweeps in Skid Row (under the auspices of “Operation Healthy Streets”).

This is NOT solving the homeless crisis. This is punishing people for being poor and houseless. This is BEYOND shameful. Show slideshow » In 24 hours – there have been two major homeless sweeps in Skid Row (under the auspices…

For Immediate Release : A Public Letter To The Denver Housing Authority Per Resurrection Village – A Self Governed Tiny Home Community

For Immediate Release : A Public Letter To The Denver Housing Authority Per Resurrection Village – A Self Governed Tiny Home Community 2500 Lawrence Street Denver, CO 80205 720-940-5291 To Whom It May Concern, This letter is meant to clarify…

When the BIDs attack us, we strike back

September 30th marked the first day of the annual International Downtown Association conference at the Marriott in San Francisco. The conference was full of workshops geared towards increasing business success in downtowns all over the US and Canada as well…

EXCERPTS US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LETTER OF INTEREST

The United States Department of Justice filed a “Statement of Interest of the United States Department of Justice”, filed August 6 of this year, regarding a suit, Janet F. Bell v City of Boise, in which Boise’s anti-camping law, very…