Comments for PEOPLE PROJECT http://peopleproject.wordpress.com POWER FROM THE STREETS! Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on IHSS threatened (In Home Support Services for 81,000 people!) by Chris http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/ihss-threatened-in-home-support-services-for-81000-people/#comment-328 Chris Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:54 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=465#comment-328 Yeah this makes no sense, my wages have been drasticly cut about three to four times in the last four months due to cutbacks. Im now in fear of losing my check completely. I guess Ill go look for a job. Yeah this makes no sense, my wages have been drasticly cut about three to four times in the last four months due to cutbacks. Im now in fear of losing my check completely. I guess Ill go look for a job.

]]> Comment on IHSS threatened (In Home Support Services for 81,000 people!) by acardott http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/ihss-threatened-in-home-support-services-for-81000-people/#comment-327 acardott Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:15:49 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=465#comment-327 i found your numbers with Google, and it may interest you to see that the California Budget Project http://www.cbp.org/documents/090604_IHSS_County_Fact_Sheet.pdf now projects (after the recent budget haggling in september) that the number of affected recipients is now at 2090 -in a county with 2300 recipients. i found your numbers with Google, and it may interest you to see that the California Budget Project
http://www.cbp.org/documents/090604_IHSS_County_Fact_Sheet.pdf
now projects (after the recent budget haggling in september) that the number of affected recipients is now at 2090 -in a county with 2300 recipients.

]]> Comment on Words from PEOPLE FOR A HUMAN RIGHTS SANCTUARY leading up to Sept. 12th March by kateascot http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/words-from-people-for-a-human-rights-sanctuary-leading-up-to-march/#comment-321 kateascot Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:24:53 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=775#comment-321 Just came back from spending 2 nights sleeping in a camp for homeless persons at SafeGround in Sacramento. The Mayor agrees that this camp is not a recreational "campground" in the traditional sense but is a Human Rights sanctuary and their attorney (who owns the land the homeless are living on, Mark Merrin) believes that the ordinances that make "camping" illegal within the city is not the same as what a sleeping area is when homeless persons are occupying it. He is confident that he can win the case that will come out of this encampment and change the camping ordinance to decriminalize campers. The police are using the CSI unit of the Sheriffs Dept. that take pictures at 6-7am. The group has been raided twice and lost all their belongings while arresting 17 people. Some have lost bikes and trailers, tents, sleeping bags, medicines, the usual. But there was no report from anyone of abuse other than material goods, arrest, etc. Seems the Sac law enforcement are more polite than Eurekas. SafeGround organizer Maureen Black told me while I was helping to plant the first plants in their camp garden that she will support us when we need them. So good to hear! When we left I told our brothers and sisters not to give up and they sounded determined to stay for the long haul even though it means personal sacrifice for all of them as they learn how to get along with each other under such stressful circumstances. We could have had a campground in 1992, but there was not a strong enough group at that time to accomplish the daunting task. It is happening all over the country, we ARE going to do it! The time is right!!!!! See ya at the march!!!! Just came back from spending 2 nights sleeping in a camp for homeless persons at SafeGround in Sacramento.
The Mayor agrees that this camp is not a recreational “campground” in the traditional sense but is a Human Rights sanctuary and their attorney (who owns the land the homeless are living on, Mark Merrin) believes that the ordinances that make “camping” illegal within the city is not the same as what a sleeping area is when homeless persons are occupying it. He is confident that he can win the case that will come out of this encampment and change the camping ordinance to decriminalize campers.
The police are using the CSI unit of the Sheriffs Dept. that take pictures at 6-7am. The group has been raided twice and lost all their belongings while arresting 17 people. Some have lost bikes and trailers, tents, sleeping bags, medicines, the usual. But there was no report from anyone of abuse other than material goods, arrest, etc. Seems the Sac law enforcement are more polite than Eurekas.
SafeGround organizer Maureen Black told me while I was helping to plant the first plants in their camp garden that she will support us when we need them. So good to hear! When we left I told our brothers and sisters not to give up and they sounded determined to stay for the long haul even though it means personal sacrifice for all of them as they learn how to get along with each other under such stressful circumstances.
We could have had a campground in 1992, but there was not a strong enough group at that time to accomplish the daunting task. It is happening all over the country, we ARE going to do it! The time is right!!!!!
See ya at the march!!!!

]]> Comment on IHSS threatened (In Home Support Services for 81,000 people!) by Chivon Edwards http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/ihss-threatened-in-home-support-services-for-81000-people/#comment-318 Chivon Edwards Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:31:25 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=465#comment-318 I am so sick about this decision!! What right does the government have to drive in fancy cars and live in nice houses when the families who have no choice but to stay at home and take care of a handicapped person are the ones who will suffer. I am a single mother of three girls. The youngest is almost eleven months old. She was born with Williams Syndrome and has already had four surgeries including open-heart. I would love to go and work in a "normal" workplace, but have no choice to stay at home and care for my baby who eats from a machine and poops in a bag, can't walk or crawl yet and no child care will take the risk to watch her. I wonder how these politicians sleep at night? Do they realize that the budget cuts they are making are only the ones that affect the sick and poor? How more poor do we need to be? This was not my choice to have a sick baby and IHSS is THE ONLY way I can provide for my family. So I say screw you Arnold...what goes around comes around and if I lose the roof over my head just to that you can take another vacation or star in another stupid movie, I will be sleeping on your lawn and using your budget-cut proposels as my toilet paper!! I am so sick about this decision!! What right does the government have to drive in fancy cars and live in nice houses when the families who have no choice but to stay at home and take care of a handicapped person are the ones who will suffer. I am a single mother of three girls. The youngest is almost eleven months old. She was born with Williams Syndrome and has already had four surgeries including open-heart. I would love to go and work in a “normal” workplace, but have no choice to stay at home and care for my baby who eats from a machine and poops in a bag, can’t walk or crawl yet and no child care will take the risk to watch her. I wonder how these politicians sleep at night? Do they realize that the budget cuts they are making are only the ones that affect the sick and poor? How more poor do we need to be? This was not my choice to have a sick baby and IHSS is THE ONLY way I can provide for my family. So I say screw you Arnold…what goes around comes around and if I lose the roof over my head just to that you can take another vacation or star in another stupid movie, I will be sleeping on your lawn and using your budget-cut proposels as my toilet paper!!

]]> Comment on [Civilian] Attacks on Homeless Bring Push on Hate Crime Laws by Disposability... http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/civilian-attacks-on-homeless-bring-push-on-hate-crime-laws/#comment-308 Disposability... Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:43:47 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=722#comment-308 The State- its complicit media, its police, its obscenely unfair court system, its imperial agenda, its private property obsession, its genocidal nature- is a thorough teacher on how to treat homeless people. People LEARN to be cruel and to devalue life, and to consider some life disposable. Articles about violence against homeless people always seem to omit State violence- which has been constant for years. The State- its complicit media, its police, its obscenely unfair court system, its imperial agenda, its private property obsession, its genocidal nature- is a thorough teacher on how to treat homeless people. People LEARN to be cruel and to devalue life, and to consider some life disposable.

Articles about violence against homeless people always seem to omit State violence- which has been constant for years.

]]> Comment on Tent City in Illinois, SAFE HAVEN by Donald Vincent http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/tent-city-in-illinois-safe-haven/#comment-297 Donald Vincent Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:33:48 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=588#comment-297 Hey there, I am rooting for Safe Haven to succeed. I am currently homeless myself and am currently living at Tent City 3 in Seattle. I guess I would not have been supportive of you guys two or three years ago but that was before I became homeless myself. Hey there, I am rooting for Safe Haven to succeed. I am currently homeless myself and am currently living at Tent City 3 in Seattle. I guess I would not have been supportive of you guys two or three years ago but that was before I became homeless myself.

]]> Comment on Tent City in Illinois, SAFE HAVEN by Ibu Oni http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/tent-city-in-illinois-safe-haven/#comment-295 Ibu Oni Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:18:20 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=588#comment-295 Hi, I hope that Safe Haven succeeds and stay strong against threats and harassment. I am one of the founders of Nickelsville in Seattle and a former resident of Tent City 3 (the oldest Tent City in the nation). I also work monitoring a self managed homeless shelter named Safe Haven LOL.I will definitely be rooting for these guys on many levels and I d love to get in touch with the organizers to compare notes. With the recession going on, tent cities are popping up more and more as more and more homeless people are the working poor and those who have lost their jobs and their homes rather than the chronically homeless. These are highly functioning houseless people who take matters (peacefully) into their own hand. These are also the poverty pimps worst nightmares as they do not need "services" and "social workers" but affordable housing. Ignoring the problem and trying to chase the tent cities away is not going to solve the current economic and housing crisis. Hi,

I hope that Safe Haven succeeds and stay strong against threats and harassment. I am one of the founders of Nickelsville in Seattle and a former resident of Tent City 3 (the oldest Tent City in the nation). I also work monitoring a self managed homeless shelter named Safe Haven LOL.I will definitely be rooting for these guys on many levels and I d love to get in touch with the organizers to compare notes. With the recession going on, tent cities are popping up more and more as more and more homeless people are the working poor and those who have lost their jobs and their homes rather than the chronically homeless. These are highly functioning houseless people who take matters (peacefully) into their own hand. These are also the poverty pimps worst nightmares as they do not need “services” and “social workers” but affordable housing.
Ignoring the problem and trying to chase the tent cities away is not going to solve the current economic and housing crisis.

]]> Comment on Building A Tent City in NYC-A Call For Support!!! by Ibu Oni http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/building-a-tent-city-in-nyc-a-call-for-support/#comment-285 Ibu Oni Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:16:28 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=596#comment-285 I d love to get in touch with the organizers, the same day they took direct action Nickelsville took direct action and moved on T107 ( Seattle Port Authority's park). The website is WWW.NICKELSVILLESEATTLE.ORG I hope it works out for the New York crew. I d love to get in touch with the organizers, the same day they took direct action Nickelsville took direct action and moved on T107 ( Seattle Port Authority’s park).
The website is http://WWW.NICKELSVILLESEATTLE.ORG
I hope it works out for the New York crew.

]]> Comment on IHSS threatened (In Home Support Services for 81,000 people!) by Bob Wallace http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/ihss-threatened-in-home-support-services-for-81000-people/#comment-261 Bob Wallace Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:00:42 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=465#comment-261 Does any one know of a for profit company named Family In-Home Support Services of Marin City, California? The director was Lanita Hackett and possibly Gayle Glascoe. They wrote 5 bad payroll checks that we cashed and they have disappeared. Does any one know of a for profit company named Family In-Home Support Services of Marin City, California? The director was Lanita Hackett and possibly Gayle Glascoe. They wrote 5 bad payroll checks that we cashed and they have disappeared.

]]> Comment on IHSS threatened (In Home Support Services for 81,000 people!) by Malificent Page http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/ihss-threatened-in-home-support-services-for-81000-people/#comment-249 Malificent Page Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:14:22 +0000 http://peopleproject.wordpress.com/?p=465#comment-249 I am writing to you to ask you to take action to rescind the cuts proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the IHSS program. This is a critical program to so many disabled and elderly individuals in California. We are one such family. I am the single mother of 5 young children, 2 of whom have autism. I am a care provider to my 6 year old twin sons Peter and Luther whose severe autism and the dangerous behaviors that are so common with this disorder prevent them from being able to attend day care so that I might try to replace the hours that could be lost by these cuts.These proposed cuts would be financially as well as emotionally devastating to my family. We would not be able to make ends meet without this crucial program and my sons would probably have to be sent to an institution in order for me to provide for my family. Institutional care costs the state so much more than home care. I can't even imagine the pain of being separated from my children. Our lives are already so difficult and we don't have very many options because of the challenges autism brings to our family. My sons are only 6 years old. I am not ready to give up. These proposed cuts have the potential to ruin so many lives not only in my family, but in so many other Californian families as well .Our disabled, our elderly and our children are the citizens who need the most protection and assistance. Please take action to rescind these unconscionable proposed cuts to the IHSS program. Please help to protect the quality of life for my sons and so many other of our most vulnerable citizens. Sincerely, Malificent Page I am writing to you to ask you to take action to rescind the cuts proposed by Governor Schwarzenegger to the IHSS program. This is a critical program to so many disabled and elderly individuals in California. We are one such family. I am the single mother of 5 young children, 2 of whom have autism. I am a care provider to my 6 year old twin sons Peter and Luther whose severe autism and the dangerous behaviors that are so common with this disorder prevent them from being able to attend day care so that I might try to replace the hours that could be lost by these cuts.These proposed cuts would be financially as well as emotionally devastating to my family. We would not be able to make ends meet without this crucial program and my sons would probably have to be sent to an institution in order for me to provide for my family. Institutional care costs the state so much more than home care. I can’t even imagine the pain of being separated from my children. Our lives are already so difficult and we don’t have very many options because of the challenges autism brings to our family. My sons are only 6 years old. I am not ready to give up. These proposed cuts have the potential to ruin so many lives not only in my family, but in so many other Californian families as well .Our disabled, our elderly and our children are the citizens who need the most protection and assistance. Please take action to rescind these unconscionable proposed cuts to the IHSS program. Please help to protect the quality of life for my sons and so many other of our most vulnerable citizens.
Sincerely,
Malificent Page

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