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Efforts underway for homeless housing
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Following the death of 56-year-old homeless man, Brian Ashheim, Ventura County Supervisor Jeff Gorell held a press conference regarding the cause of Ashheim’s passing, focusing on the county’s unhoused population. Ashheim was found dead on Feb. 8. People at the encampment where he died said it was raining and he was sleeping beneath a…
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HOMELESSNESS SPREADS ACROSS VENTURA COUNTY
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Introduction On a gloomy day in early January, An elderly homeless woman sits smoking a cigarette at the stairwell of the Vagabond Inn Motel in Ventura. Gesturing to chat, she introduced herself as Sharon Dedrick, she had been living at the motel with government assistance for 11 months. Dedrick then led the way to…
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Homelessness and what we can do as a community
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“Stranger Danger” is one of the first phrases that we are taught as children, to warn us that our safety may be jeopardized by those we do not know. We learn to fear anyone whose appearance diverges from “normality,” that they must pose a threat and should be avoided at all costs. As children,…
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The homeless should not live in silence
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The city is a fast moving place. Most of the people who inhabit the city all have a place to be and pressing tasks to accomplish, but one group of people stands still: the homeless. According to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, over 36,000 people in the city of Los Angeles are homeless…