Live From Tent City » Sacramento http://livefromtentcity.com/blog Real Life, Take One Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Safe Ground, Day 9 http://livefromtentcity.com/blog/2009/08/safe-ground-day-9/ http://livefromtentcity.com/blog/2009/08/safe-ground-day-9/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:58:23 +0000 admin http://livefromtentcity.com/blog/?p=143

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08/29/09

This is Day 9 of the the latest Safe Ground camp. In the face of an irate, intransigent neighbor, and an ongoing investigation by the Office of the City Attorney to solicit complaints from others, the Safe Ground pioneers continue to sand their ground.

 
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08/23/09

More than 30 “Safe Ground pioneers” took a stand and claimed a new piece of land for safe ground – legally, with a lease. They are set to take on the anti-camping ordinance head on.

 
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08/20/09

Every one deserves a place to sleep. Life sucks when you’ve got no job, no money and no home. We need to stop spending taxpayer dollars harassing the down and out, and treat them the exact way we would want to be treated if we were down on our luck.

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08/18/09

With 15 years of service to the homeless, Jim Peth offers solid, albeit disturbing observations. You don’t want to miss this!

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08/16/09

Businessmen, professionals, women – all want Safe Ground. It just makes sense.

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08/12/09

Mayor Kevin Johnson comes to camp with  homeless, and finds out first hand the rigors of the homeless life. From Emmy award winning filmmaker, Costa Mantis.

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08/10/09

Safe Ground makes sense to all sorts of business people. Listen to some of the staff at Uptown Studios. Shouldn’t everyone have a right to sleep? Even the poor and homeless?

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