Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Ranger Grace Davis

Greetings!

Recently, Sonoma County experienced a confrontation over an inpromptu art exhibit memorializing 500 unhoused residents.  Boulders placed on a cleared out encampment by CalTrans, were used as canvasses for the tributes. 

After a short period of grace, Sonoma County Regional Parks decided to cover the boulders with gray paint, erasing the names.





During the erasure, one of the Regional Parks staff was caught on video spray-painting a name on the concrete path.  After pausing in what appears a tribute, he continues his assignment by applying the boulder cover paint.  

The name he chose was "Ranger Davis", an apparent reference to Grace Davis, a well-known unhoused resident whose death was the subject of Press Democrat articles.





 


Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Saturday, December 19, 2020

California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC) Meeting, Dec 18, 2020

 Greetings!

Attached is a link to agenda materials, and to the video of the Dec 18, 2020 meeting of the California Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (HCFC).  Added to the agenda at the beginning is a 45-minute conversation between the Governor and the Council covering accomplishments for 2020, plans for 2021, and high priority homeless issues. 

I would invite the reader to begin with the meeting presentation document, then department updates, and end with the two Action Plan documents.



Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Cancer Park, Santa Rosa, Whack-a-Mole Revisited

Greetings!

This morning, Santa Rosa once again evicted a homeless tent camp in a public park.  Here are some photos of the beginning of the eviction.

Gregory