Tag: Homelessness
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D9 Looks to Alpha Project for Homeless Outreach
By Brian Myers San Diego’s homeless epidemic has become more noticeable in City Heights. Bikes carrying trailers of belongings are parked outside the City Heights Library and groups of people with bedding and bags sleep under trees at the Officer Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park. District 9 Councilmember and Council President Pro Tem Marti Emerald says…
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Mayor Calls On Landlords to Open Doors to Section 8 Tenants
Photo Credit: The AjA Project By Megan Burks In his State of the City address Thursday, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced the “Housing Our Heroes” initiative. It calls on landlords to rent to homeless veterans and could be the missing piece of the puzzle, say those working on the problem. In 2014, San Diego…
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Food Waste Activists Serve Vegetarian Meals At City Heights Park
Video Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Brian Myers On a Sunday afternoon a group of activists drive their car up to the park next to the City Heights Library and pull a large steaming pot of soup out of the car. They take it over to a table, along with bags…
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City Heights Homeless on Changes in Their Community
By Brent Jensen, Kiran Mehta, Beto Soto, Binti Musa and Karla Flores In efforts to positively impact the community, Price Philanthropies and The California Endowment invested an estimated $265 million in City Heights over the past 15 years. The construction of the City Heights Urban Village, a cluster of restaurants, retail stores and produce markets…
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Voices: Personal Stories of Homelessness in City Heights
By Brent Jensen Brent Jensen is a high school student and member of The AjA Project’s Youth Advisory Council. People void of a support system and unable to attain financial and emotional stability must sometimes reconcile with the reality of homelessness. The unconventional lifestyles of those who are homeless – often exhibited along neighborhood streets…