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Navigating City Services for Homeless: It’s ‘Impossible’ and a ‘Nightmare’

February 28, 2022 3:49 pmApril 3, 2022 4:23 pm

Most city residents acknowledge that the more than 11,000 homeless living on Sacramento streets need some serious form of help. Most are in need of mental health services and drug addiction treatment. But there are some who live on the...

First LA County Homeless Count in Two Years Starting Tuesday

February 22, 2022 2:17 amFebruary 21, 2022 8:52 pm

The first Los Angeles County homeless count since 2020 is expected to begin on Tuesday, with millions of dollars in federal and state funding on the line over the count. The count, usually conducted annually every January by the Los...

The Real Cost of Permanent Supportive Housing for California’s Homeless

February 16, 2022 8:02 amFebruary 16, 2022 6:29 am

As government agencies around the state have begun to build permanent supportive housing (PSH) projects for California’s estimated 160,000 homeless people, much attention has been focused on the cost of these programs. Not much attention has been paid to the...

‘Safety not Politics’ Says Sacramento Prosecutor Running for District Attorney

February 11, 2022 8:58 am

Thien Ho is Assistant Chief Deputy District Attorney for the Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office, and is running for Sacramento County District Attorney. Ho and his family also escaped communist Vietnam and came to the United States in 1976, a...

Bill to Institute Mobile Pharmacy Vans Introduced in CA Senate

January 25, 2022 12:15 pm

A bill that would institute mobile pharmacy vans that can reach hard to reach areas, vulnerable people in underserved areas, as well as areas currently not served by pharmacies, was introduced in the State Senate on Monday. Senate Bill 872,...

Sacramento Union Gospel Mission is Saving Lives of the Homeless and Lost

January 13, 2022 12:07 pmJanuary 13, 2022 7:21 pm

Union Gospel Mission Sacramento takes in dozens of drug addicted homeless men every year, helps them get sober, educated, acquire skills, learn jobs, and graduates them back into society. They could teach cities and counties how to do this. Faith....

Homeless sleeping in shop doorways in Sacramento.

Sacramento Homeless Vagrant Viciously Attacks Horse, Kills Family’s Pet Chickens

January 13, 2022 2:44 amSeptember 21, 2022 6:00 pm

A friend who is a large animal veterinarian contacted the Globe with very disturbing news: “I just sutured the face of a horse attacked by a homeless guy with a hammer. He killed 12 of 15 pet birds in the...