Homeless encampment broken up

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless-20101214,0,1891207.story?track=rss

Project 50

This was started a few years ago. The LA Times chronicles some of the results.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless-project50%2C0%2C4610742.htmlstory

A new plan for LA's chronic homeless

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless-roadmap-20101109,0,4948617.story

Hardcore redemption

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-homeless-20100805,0,2884785,full.story

The hardest core of homeless in LA

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0801-homeless-20100801,0,3874686,full.story

Irony

Irony is one of my favorite things, and the irony of this is not lost on me.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/07/mayor-villaraigosa-breaks-elbow-in-bicycle-accident.html

Help

The federal government is allocating 25 rental assistance vouchers worth $173,064 to help get local homeless Veterans and their families into stable housing. Read more here:
http://nvfnews.org/news/index/view/142

A Step Back to Step Forward

I realize I've not posted in a while, but that doesn't mean I've given up. I've been working on some personal life stuff, finding a way to strengthen my overall position as a means to further projects like this, put them on solid footing. To that end, I've been looking to go to grad school and get an MBA. This will help me to better understand the business side of the whole "non profit" world, and hopefully give me some more credibility when it comes time to get people to open their hearts, minds, and wallets.
One of the first things people told me when I first started this project is to start small. I've skewed my perspective a bit and have come up with a new plan of attack. Since politicians in the LA area won't listen to me because I don't live in their district, I've decided to create something in my area (Orange County) and work from there. I've made some contacts on the city council where I live, so I'm formulating a new idea. Recent Memorial Day activities further solidified my plan, so I'll post more once it starts rolling a bit.
Also, thanks to Angela for keeping me honest and reminding me that I need to post and that someone out there is indeed watching!

Soldiers on the Street

The National Veterans Foundation sent me this heads up. A movie called Soldiers on the Street will be screened for free, on 2 Feb 2010. For more info, check out
http://bit.ly/soldiersonthestreetrsvp
(310) 204 - 0448 ext 295, or lizette@bravenewfoundation.org

One Year Later....

It's been about a year since I started this blog and began this mission in earnest. I spent most of the first half of 2009 working almost exclusively on this, the second half trying to take what I learned and put it into motion. I've come up with a plan to get all of this going, as well getting people back on their feet. In short, I'm trying to teach a man to fish instead of just feeding him for a day. Let's see how year 2 of this grand experiment turns out :)