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Urban Street Symbols: Hidden Messages in the Metropolis

May 3, 2017 By Orlando Barahona Leave a Comment

Emily Read and Chen Hsu Homeless City Guide 2007
Emily Read and Chen Hsu, Homeless City Guide, 2007 – Re-published by permission of http://thepavement.org.uk

Who are the homeless of San Diego? Yearly reports from several agencies reveal tragic glimpses of the humans everyone labels home-less. Homelessness has existed since the beginning of History, so I used to be just as jaded and callous as other people who always assumed the lot would always consist of the stereotypes: criminal offenders, the mentally ill, the infirm, addicts and other varieties of outcasts. [Read more…] about Urban Street Symbols: Hidden Messages in the Metropolis

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Culture, Feature Posts, homeless, Opinion, San Diego Tagged With: art, County, dirtbag, drugs, gangs, homeless, homelessness, HUD, methamphetamine, metropolis, MoMA, Octavio Paz, op ed, San Diego, semiotics, slang, sociology, statistics, trends, tweaker, Urban

Why does Dean Spanos hate the homeless?

August 20, 2016 By Bill Adams Leave a Comment

Homeless in East Village San Diego
Homeless on 17th Ave. near proposed stadium site

“Why does Chris Cate want the Chargers to leave San Diego?  Please call and ask him.” That was the headline in an ad Dean Spanos, the Chargers owner, ran this past week targeting 2nd year City Council member Chris Cate, who is on the leadership committee of the No Downtown Stadium – Jobs and Streets First! coalition.   [Read more…] about Why does Dean Spanos hate the homeless?

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Feature Posts, homeless, Opinion, San Diego Tagged With: Chargers, Dean Spanos, Fred Maas., homelessness, San Diego

A Heartfelt Emergency Housing Plan for the San Diego Housing Commission

July 15, 2016 By Orlando Barahona 1 Comment

Homeless shelters designed by students of the Emily Carr University in Canada

As a homeless man in San Diego for the past two years, I’ve had time to research important bits of data scattered across the local news and public resources. What are the costs of paying for emergency room visits, for the crimes brought on by destitution and vagrancy versus this idea? Let’s begin. [Read more…] about A Heartfelt Emergency Housing Plan for the San Diego Housing Commission

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Feature Posts, homeless, Opinion Tagged With: California, Caltrans, Canada, emergency housing, Emily Carr University, homeless shelters, homelessness, humanitarian crisis, Legislation, San Diego, SDHC, Shelter Design, tiny homes

An Inside View of Homelessness in San Diego

June 11, 2016 By Orlando Barahona 3 Comments

Photo: Derek Mindler/Flickr Creative Commons

I’m Orlando Barahona and this is the first account of my experiences as a homeless man in San Diego. One aim in writing this editorial is to raise a sharp awareness of a homelessness crisis I have experienced that cannot be ignored any longer: men, women and entire families are on the streets or in sub-par dwellings; the other is to dispel the myth that anyone who enters adverse situations cannot recover. [Read more…] about An Inside View of Homelessness in San Diego

Filed Under: Affordable Housing, Feature Posts, homeless, Opinion, San Diego Tagged With: addiction, California, depression, homeless, homelessness, humanitarian crisis, mental health, nonprofit, op ed, opinion editorial, rock garden, San Diego, san diego housing crisis, shelter, substance abuse

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