Marnie, That's a brave thing to do... Thanks for the insight that your photos give. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 5:30 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Overview: > > I went to Sacramento Tent City. When I posted a photograph of one homeless > beggar on list a while back, quite a few said he was a professional. Even > though I said I am seeing homeless in my county in areas that I've never seen > homeless before. > > There have been over 10,000 foreclosures just in my county alone, and > California unemployment is at 10.5%. I've looked for a tent city in my > county and > haven't found one, although I think there must be one, even if small, I just > don't know where to look. > > Not everyone has friends/family to fall back on when their unemployment runs > out. State and county social services are strained to the max, because > California was broke and still has major budget problems. Non-profits that > dispense food and other help are also strained. People are falling through > the > cracks. Local non-profits report more women among the homeless, more whole > families with kids. > > I read about the Tent City (new homeless) in Sacramento several weeks ago in > the San Francisco Chronicle. Then it got into the New York Times and Oprah > visited. At first the major said he was going to figure out how to make it so > they could stay, provide sanitation and water, but in the last week he said > the city will move them out within a month. Not really likely as I found out, > but I thought I had to hurry to take photos. > > ----------------------- > Pictures: > > I was hoping to get some good and/or artistic shots. I didn't. A lot of that > was simply because I chickened out. I was also tired from walking around, > and the areas weren't that easy to reach. If I had someone with me it would > have been different, but I have found sometimes, as a woman, I just won't go > some places alone. > > I did find out why it got in the news -- the Channel 3 news center is only > about five blocks away. > > The Tent City is between the Sacramento river some railroad tracks, in an > undeveloped area. > > The large part in the center is privately owned and surrounded by a fence -- > all around the fence is the Tent City. Of the two remaining sides, one is a > working quarry, and the other is a utility plant (electrical power). > > So that's it, and this is just to let people know, yes, there are tent > cities of NEW homeless in California and the USA. > > http://www.mapphotography.com/TentCity/ > > Sorry, no good shots. But it also lets the rest of you imagine how much > better you would have done it. > > Marnie ;-) > > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make meals for Under > $10. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000002) > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
