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San Diego to House Homeless at World Trade Center
I like the porta potty idea!!! Seriously I see these homeless people and I think the best thing we can possibly do for them is give them a place to store their cr@p. They cant go anywhere because they always have to watch all their worldly possessions. It needs to be like a HS locker but obviously much larger. Give them great shower facilities and then they can really clean themselves up and hit the pavement for a job. They will never get work as long as they are shackled to their stuff. We can only help 225 people w/ this World Trade Center thing and God knows we are probably just encouraging homelessness rather than really motivating. But I think in addition they could help all the homeless by providing free storage facilities. Just seems like a no brainer and it would probably make a big difference.— October 8, 2010 12:26 a.m.
San Diego to House Homeless at World Trade Center
az2: I think the thing is we need to change the way we view the tent shelter. Personally, I would live in a tent if it was well insulated and I had access to great restroom facilities. Tents can have hardwood floors, everything a home has and the best part is that they would not permanently scar the land. Tents are much more sophisticated than they were 50 years ago and I believe we could build entire communities w/ them not just for the homeless, for anyone. Honestly, I would love to design that community because I do believe it could work and would facilitate a wonderful sense of community unlike the suburban slums we have allowed the developers to build that create apathy, crime, alientation and depression. The problem w/ tent cities in 3rd world countries is they dont have adequate sanitation and access to clean water and restroom facilities. Other than that they are a great start. If people in Haiti were living in tents and not concrete death traps they would all still be alive today. The key is insulation from the elements and a good restroom because thats really all that is missing when you go camping.— October 7, 2010 5:48 p.m.
San Diego to House Homeless at World Trade Center
31 million dollars would buy 1 million tents. I am not saying the homeless should have to live in tents I am just making the point that there are much better ways to help more people w/ less money. Tent technology has come a long way. look at the military. They have people living in tents in Antartica. I was in Tahoe last year. At the top of the mountain in the freezing snow was a giant heated tent for the workers. it was warm and cozy as could be. What is wrong w/ the idea of creating a more permanent tent city for them downtown that would cost a fraction of the price and would service many times more homeless? 225 isnt even going to put a dent in the problem. We want to keep them warm and dry for the winter and give them a place to start to pull their lives together. this can all be accomplished in a much more effective manner. As an almost licensed architect I think about this problem all the time and I would love to design a permanent tent city that would actually help to solve this problem.— October 7, 2010 2:25 p.m.
San Diego to House Homeless at World Trade Center
a2zresource: you are right on as usual. The key to this is why is council giving 1 penny to CCDC after it grossly mismanaged our tax dollars. Check out this article from the LA Times 2 days ago on redevelopment agencies across California and tell me you trust CCDC to actually do what we are paying them 31 mill for? Also 31 million to renovate an existing pristine building? Lets do the math. 90% of that will go straight into their pockets as pure profit. All they need to do is provide a warm safe place for the homeless. They could move all 225 into that building w/o spending a penny and accomplish that. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/10/cal… I would like to believe in this however my 1st reaction is to figure out why the "Housing Commission" which is run by the Building Industry suddenly cares about the homeless? Council is way to quick to vote for anything that has the word "homeless" or "affordable housing" or "rapid transit" w/o actually looking at what is being accomplished and what harm may be done and whether this is even an appropriate amount of money. Believe me I am all for helping the homeless and I actually have alot of solutions that would be way cheaper than this. I hope its really being done in the best interest of the community but at this point I doubt it. Thats why I included the above link to show all the millions in redevelopment dollars were totally misused and we didnt get a single unit of "affordable housing". Im not sure why we can suddenly trust these guys.— October 7, 2010 2:18 p.m.
Union-Tribune. got rid of more than 30 editors and reporters
"Is not San Diego internationally known for for being by the sea in large part for the cutting-edge well-nuanced transparent operating structure of our civic redevelopment agencies?" Im still trying to figure out if this is sarcasm or not. The redevelopment agencies are as far from transparent as possible. In fact WE dont even get to know who the investors are. The mayor himself could be an investor in redevelopment projects but because they hide under Delaware LLCs we have NO way of knowing who should be in jail. Im pretty sure all of them and I cant wait til the redevelopment shell game falls apart and Jerry Sanders gets dragged off in handcuffs. Not to mention the mayors illegal Technical Advisory committee where special interests meet and advise the mayor and the city on how they can increase their profits and make you pay for it.— June 30, 2010 9:20 p.m.
Union-Tribune. got rid of more than 30 editors and reporters
Oh the UT! The big giant Dinosaur. Well aside from how appalled I am at all the trees they kill everyday printing a paper that just gets tossed in a trash bin, the content has ALWAYS been slanted. Its just a pulpit for the developers and they have their favorite politicians that they praise. If they were the real news they would be uncovering the corruption that Don Bauder does an excellent job of covering. There is no end to the amount of good news to write about, but the UT will NEVER turn on their own. As for transparency....its funny you bring that up. I just wrote about how Todd Gloria the Golden Boy of developers and unions has a facebook page for his Council seat. He presents it as a place for open discussion amongst the constituency except that if you do not praise him or question him he promptly blocks you from joining the discussion. http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/ive-got-iss…— June 30, 2010 9:14 p.m.
Union-Tribune. got rid of more than 30 editors and reporters
@1: Im not sure Im hearing you correctly....was that last part a joke?— June 30, 2010 7:56 p.m.
Todd Gloria Silences His Critics on Facebook
Yep, he is also a BIG developer hack. Todd represents the worst of both worlds and the sad thing is people dont ask questions. That is ALL I am proposing, that we just ask a few questions so we are getting the whole story. I love facebook for facilitating discussion! It is an amazing tool for that and what a bummer that Todd has decided to deceptively make it look like that while he is blocking anyone who dissents.— June 30, 2010 6:27 p.m.
City Council Delays Forgiving $288 Million in Loans Owed to City
this is good stuff! Please keep informing us. Im very interested in this. I have been writing about how the Redevelopment Agencies are essentially robbing us at gunpoint, taking property tax $ and handing it to developers. But I think the worst part is the garbage these guys are building. Little Italy is the perfect example. It is such a joke and so sad considering what it could have been. Please help us get Sanders in jail! My question is, what happens if Dumanis refuses to prosecute? Does the FBI stop there? She is obviously in on it too. Just look at her record.— June 25, 2010 1:56 a.m.
Weakening of "Honest Services" Could Affect SD Cases
@SurfPuppy...yep you are right on. I propose this...if the corporation is a human being and therefore legally entitled to all the rights and liberties of a human being I say we file a case in the Supreme Court saying if the Corp is a human being then it is a human being that is owned by other human beings through shareholders and is therefore a slave and illegal under the 13th ammendment. Then the corporation must cease to exist or concede it is NOT a human and Not entitled to the same liberties of us flesh and blood humans.— June 24, 2010 11:01 p.m.