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Homelessness Modesto

“You have an ally,” says Condit to Homeless Advocates

June 22, 2023 By Eric Caine 4 Comments

Channce Condit with MoCag and Russell Fowler 21 June, 2023

On June 21, Stanislaus County Supervisor Channce Condit assured members of the Modesto Citizens Action Group (MoCag) that he was fully supportive of proposals for safe sleeping sites for the most vulnerable members of Modesto’s and Stanislaus County’s homeless population. MoCag is a citizens’ action group dedicated to finding immediate shelter and safe ground for homeless people in Modesto and Stanislaus County. “You have an ally,” said Condit. MoGag members […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: California homelessness, Homelessness and drug use, Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness in the San Joaquin Valley, Homelessness Modesto

Homeless? Gavin Newsom Passes the Buck

November 18, 2022 By Eric Caine 8 Comments

Man living in car, Modesto, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s presidential ambitions hinge as much on appearances as they do realities, and the unsightly presence of homeless people throughout California is a reality he can’t make disappear. Born of desperation fostered by the futility of his own efforts to eliminate homelessness, Newsom has decided to blame California’s mayors for his own failure to understand the fundamental nature of a humanitarian emergency that grows worse by the […]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Beard Brook Park Homeless camp, California homelessness, Caltrans homeless sweeps, Gavin Newsom homelessness, Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness in California, Homelessness in the San Joaquin Valley, Homelessness Modesto

Homeless: Amputee Alan Davis is Safe Inside

August 18, 2020 By Eric Caine 5 Comments

Alan Davis and Frank Ploof, SRC, August 17, 2020

Alan Davis, the wheelchair-bound double amputee who has haunted the streets of Modesto for the last few years is safe inside — at least for now. Homeless outreach worker Randy Limburg found Davis near 9th and J Streets in downtown Modesto early in July, badly soiled and ravenously hungry. It wasn’t long after Davis’s friend and advocate Frank Ploof had found him across town and taken him for a shower […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Alan Davis homeless, Frank Ploof, Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

Homeless: 20+ years on the streets

April 14, 2019 By Eric Caine 7 Comments

Kenneth “Pops” Yarber became homeless in 1995, not long after a brain aneurysm put him in a wheelchair. Suddenly, he was forty years old and on disability. Not long afterward, the bank foreclosed on his house on 4th Street in Modesto, and he began bouncing from the streets to short stays with friends and relatives. A few years later, Pops was convicted of passing bad checks and using stolen credit […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto, Homelessness Stanislaus County

City Finally Listens to Kristi Ah You on Homeless—Maybe

September 20, 2018 By Eric Caine 9 Comments

After the tents popped up in Modesto’s Graceada Park last Tuesday, the news traveled like lightning through neighborhood group email lists: “They’re allowing camping in the parks.” Whether, “they,” meaning the City of Modesto, are really allowing camping in all the city’s parks remains to be seen. The confusion is the result of a ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The court wrote, “a municipality cannot […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Homelessness and Poverty in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

Homeless: The Myth of Access

July 18, 2017 By admin 1 Comment

News that Stanislaus County’s Focus on Prevention program for the homeless would soon establish an access center to connect homeless people with a wide range of services was generally greeted with enthusiastic approval. Those not in the cheering section included many volunteers and professionals long-experienced at dealing with homeless people and their issues. While it may be puzzling to some why a central location with access to services doesn’t provide […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

Just Another Homeless Winter

January 28, 2017 By Eric Caine 1 Comment

When Randy Limburg saw the crutches and wheelchair in front of the tent, his first thought was Cheri. The woman with one leg had been in the park for several years, and always refused to leave. “That you Cheri,” said Limburg. “You in there?” Probably because Cheri knew him, Limburg got a response, but he couldn’t get Cheri to come out of the tent. She answered a few questions from […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

“Let homeless people camp,” says Councilmember Ah You

October 12, 2016 By Eric Caine 10 Comments

Most everyone was encouraged when the Modesto City Council approved $250,000 toward establishing a services and shelter center for our growing population of homeless people. The first stage will include temporary winter shelters (in the form of modified garden sheds) for forty people as part of Stanislaus County’s Focus on Prevention project to end homelessness. Ultimately, city and county officials intend to establish a one-stop service center where people experiencing […]

Filed Under: Featured, Politics Tagged With: Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto, Modesto Homelessness

Homeless: The Mentally Ill

March 29, 2016 By Eric Caine 8 Comments

Ramon Alvarez was a fixture in downtown Modesto for years, but by the time he made Jeff Jardine’s popular Modesto Bee column he was near death. Ramon was the “sign guy” or “the guy with the van” who regularly occupied various street corners near the Modesto Arch, protesting what he claimed were heinous crimes  by the court system. While his long-term protest didn’t do much in the way of addressing […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

Homeless: The Costly Logic of Busts and Sweeps

March 20, 2016 By Bruce Frohman 3 Comments

Whether by coincidence or design, homeless people in Modesto’s parks have been subjected to heightened harassment and arrests ever since the new mayor and councilmembers took office. Despite the costs and lack of observable benefits, sweeps and busts are occurring more often than ever. Years ago Modesto residents learned through bitter experience that the police department was too short-handed to respond to burglaries and other petty crimes, yet lately there […]

Filed Under: Featured, History Tagged With: Homelessness in Stanislaus County, Homelessness Modesto

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