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Michael McConnell retweeted
Our mayor has repeatedly treated our city as expendable in the service of his own political
Ambitions. He let our city flood, he lets people die on our streets, and he defunded our libraries and bathrooms.
Michael McConnell retweeted
Yeah desperate humans find odd places to lay - why is this news?
A homeless encampment was spotted on top of a Metro bus stop shelter in Brentwood. A KTLA viewer captured the unusual scene near S Barrington Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, where a man was seen lying on the shelter alongside a shopping cart and other belongings. ktla.com/news/local-news/hom…
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Half of Mission Bay's restrooms closed to public nbcsandiego.com/video/videos… via @nbcsandiego
Michael McConnell retweeted
San Diego has a $120m budget deficit but the mayor wont address the fact that a 25% of that came exclusively from settlements against the SDPD on excessive force and the murder of civilians.
Michael McConnell retweeted
Afroman's defamation victory is a win for all Americans who cherish the right to cuck the police in song
"Currently, there are about 8,000 homeless students within San Diego Unified."
SD Unified has received federal funding for an innovative project that would convert old buses into mobile laundromats, aimed at helping the district's approximately 8,000 homeless students. 10news.com/news/local-news/s…
Cool story. So many homeless people are invisible until you see them. Once you do, you realize there are so many more homeless people than we are told with the official counts.
"I'm 69, been stocking shelves at this 24-hour grocery store for eight years. Midnight to 8 AM, five nights a week. People shop at 3 AM for all kinds of reasons, and I've learned not to ask questions.
But I started noticing this teenage kid. Maybe 16, came in every Wednesday and Sunday around 4 AM. Same routine, grabbed a basket, walked every single aisle, put nothing in the basket, then left.
Every time. Forty minutes of walking with an empty basket.
At first, I thought he was shoplifting. Watched him close. But he never took anything. Just walked, slow, reading every label like he was memorizing them.
Week twelve, I decided to say something.
"Son, you've walked these aisles twenty-four times now. You planning to buy something eventually?"
He looked terrified. Started backing away.
"I'm not kicking you out," I said quickly. "Just... curious."
He stood there, debating. Then, "It's warm in here. And the lights are bright. And it smells like normal life."
Turns out he was homeless. Sleeping in his car in our parking lot. School dropout. Those Wednesday and Sunday mornings? After his overnight shift washing dishes at the diner down the street. This was the only place open, the only place he felt safe before trying to sleep a few hours in his backseat.
"The walking makes me tired enough to sleep," he said. "And for forty minutes, I can pretend I'm just a regular person buying groceries."
I did something that night. Went to the back room, made him a sandwich from my lunch. Gave him my spare blanket from my locker.
"You come here Wednesday and Sunday mornings, there'll be a sandwich waiting. Loading dock. And you can walk these aisles as long as you need."
That was two years ago.
Word got around to the other overnight workers. The baker started adding an extra muffin. Produce guy brought fruit. Cashier saved the almost-expired sandwiches.
Then Maria, the store manager, found out. I thought we were done.
Instead, she hired him. Stock boy, overnight shift, working right beside me. Got him enrolled in online school.
He graduated last month. Full ride to community college.
At his graduation, he gave a speech. Said a 69-year-old man stocking soup cans saw him when he was invisible.
But here's what he didn't know, twelve other kids have walked these aisles since. We see them all now. Every single one gets a sandwich.
All because I finally asked why the basket was empty."
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Let this story reach more hearts....
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Story Credit: Grace Jenkins
Unbelievable that a law is even needed for this.
California cities cannot punish outreach workers for helping people who sleep on the street — even if those people live in an illegal encampment — under the terms of a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this month. cal.news/46YOOMQ
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Michael McConnell retweeted
Official homeless counts in Los Angeles increasingly underestimate the number of people living on the street in three key neighborhoods. bit.ly/3KQQ1x9
ALT This line chart compares two measures of unsheltered persons or dwellings over time from January 2022 to January 2026.
“This case is about holding the San Diego Police Department accountable for the brutal beating of a man who was handcuffed, compliant, and posed no threat.
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Squeezing residents for every last penny because you all can't manage the city finances is not innovative, it's lazy and thoughtless.
If San Diego is a model other cities should emulate, nation is in trouble sandiegouniontribune.com/202…
If San Diego is a model other cities should emulate, nation is in trouble sandiegouniontribune.com/202…
When her car ran out of gas, help came from a homeless encampment
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Michael McConnell retweeted
The nonprofit We See You San Diego is encouraging anyone to drop off new or gently used clothing to their locations in Old Town or Escondido.
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San Diego Sheriff blows off plea to help because the person is homeless. Later, she dies.
“She’s a transient,” the official said about the woman in the ditch, according to Quinones. “There’s gonna be more, get used to it.”
sandiegouniontribune.com/202…
Michael McConnell retweeted
Some numbers:
- an estimated 2.2 to 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year
- roughly 770,000 people are homeless in the US right now; including over 30,000 veterans & ~150,000 children
- 40-60% of people who are homeless have a job but can’t afford housing
We sure got here quick. But make no mistake, this hatred is also fueled by the @ToddGloria and @GavinNewsom of the world.
"The only real success Newsom has had so far has been to slowly kill off a speech that’s a giant waste of time, but he only did that because he’s incompetent and inattentive – and now he wants a promotion."
At least Newsom spared us another bloviating State of the State speech trib.al/y8JZHeb
"Despite his campaign promises, Newsom has not done much to increase housing supply or bring down the cost of living – if anything, he’s made matters worse." sandiegouniontribune.com/202…