[quote=UCGal]Coming back to this thread well after the fact…

I agree with CAR about Father Joe’s Village – it’s a shelter that runs a bit different than most – geared towards families, job training, getting people back on their feet. You’re not allowed to stay unless you agree to work or be full-time looking for a job. I give to them regularly.

Someone pondered, on the first page, why it was that homeless people end up in cities with good weather. I think the answer is obvious… if you have no home – you have fewer ties to your previous city… if you’re sleeping outside – wouldn’t you find a way to move where you won’t die of exposure?

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It was me and yes it was obvious- but I felt like some forgot that small point-that some of the doom suggested by homelessness was a result of doom somewhere else in the nation,NOT California or San Diego. They just end up here because of the weather and relieve wherever they came from the burden of providing services and pan handling space.