To be homeless does not mean I don’t have feelings. To be homeless does not mean I can’t feel how others treat me. To be homeless does not make it okay to assume I am dirty. To be homeless [...] Continue Reading
Homeless
Where Have All the Public Dollars Gone?
California spent $17.5 billion trying to combat homelessness from 2018 to 2022, reported Nick Watt of CNN, on July 11, 2023. His article, “California has spent billions to fight homelessness. The [...] Continue Reading
Dire Circumstances for the Unhoused
Last winter in an e-mail to this reporter, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said that “some people may not believe it, but I really do care about homeless people.” In January 2023, Fresno City Council Member [...] Continue Reading
In Memory of Eddie Montoya
BY SALLIE MAGGARD Eddie Montoya was found deceased on the streets of the Tower District in August 2023, and there was a memorial for him on Sept. 10. His name has been submitted to the National [...] Continue Reading
Fresno’s Homeless Seek More Warmth
Bitterly cold nights in the San Joaquin Valley this winter have homeless people struggling to stay warm. On a frigid Jan. 9 morning, people from the Homeless Union pleaded with City of Fresno [...] Continue Reading
What If All the Cops Were Criminals?
“Just as every cop is a criminal and all the sinners saints.”—Rolling Stones Unhoused residents say the Fresno Police Department’s Homeless Assistance Response Team members commit crimes [...] Continue Reading
Everybody Is a Star Rising Above Their Social Condition
Some homeless man says, “You label me, you negate me,” echoing the premier Existentialist, Søren Kierkegaard. He articulates, “You may be tempted to hate me for being homeless and since my [...] Continue Reading
Death and Injustice in Fresno
There is an unequal justice system in Fresno. One for the police and the rich. Another for the poor and working class. For the unhoused of Fresno, there is often no justice. Some recent examples of [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
We wish to have nothing but good news for our readers. However, I am afraid that won’t happen in this issue. Or anytime soon. What has happened recently at Fresno City Hall is disturbing: a recent [...] Continue Reading
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Suffering by the numbers: In 2022, the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department reported 582,000 unhoused individuals in the United States. Of that number, 233,832 were unsheltered and [...] Continue Reading
Lo Bueno, lo Malo y lo Feo
Las cifras que duelen: en 2022, la agencia federal de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano (HUD) informó que había 582.000 personas sin vivienda en Estados Unidos. De esa cifra, 233.832 se encontraban sin [...] Continue Reading
Dakota EcoGarden Recognized by the City of Fresno
A proclamation by the Fresno City Council named Aug. 10, 2023, as Dakota EcoGarden Day in the city of Fresno. Receiving the proclamation on Aug. 10 were (left to right) Matt Gillian, Dakota EcoGarden [...] Continue Reading