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May 23, 2012

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For homeless, rides out of town might be just the ticket

Homeless advocates say a one-way bus ticket out of town isn’t a bad idea, as long as the person has a place to stay upon arrival. Buy Photo The city of Fort Lauderdale this week joined the ranks of local government agencies acting as ticket brokers — providing homeless individuals and families with free one-way bus rides out of town. JOE RIMKUS JR. / MIAMI HERALD STAFF BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ AND CARLI TEPROFF MRVASQUEZ@MIAMIHERALD.COM The South Florida strategy to end homelessness is nothing if not multi-pronged — combining essential food and shelter services with counseling, employment assistance...and one-way bus tickets. Hundreds of Greyhound bus tickets, in fact, are given out every year. The city of Fort Lauderdale this week joined the ranks of local government agencies acting as ticket brokers — providing homeless individuals and families with free one-way bus rides out of town. Fort Lauderdale plans to spend about $25,000 a year on the effort, while Miami-Dade and Broward counties

Being Homeless and sleeping are against the law in California.

Homelessness in California is now punishable by a year in jail. Free Gary Johnson! by Steven Argue ( steveargue2 [at] yahoo.com ) Sunday Jun 26th, 2011 1:07 PM Homelessness in California is now punishable by a year in jail. Free Gary Johnson! Overturn the Convictions of Ed Frey, Arthur Bishoff, Collette Connolly! Hands off Christopher Doyon! End Laws making it Illegal for the Homeless to Sleep at Night! Seize Housing From the Banks for those Who Need Housing! For a Nation Wide Jobs Program Building Housing for All! 640_protest_june_21_2011.... original image ( 1600x1200) [Photo by Liberation News. Daily protests at the Santa Cruz Courthouse from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM Monday through Friday demanding freedom for protesters convicted of sleeping.] Free Gary Johnson! Overturn the Convictions of Ed Frey, Arthur Bishoff, Collette Connolly! Hands off Christopher Doyon! By Steven Argue For protesting on the county steps against Santa Cruz laws that make it illegal fo

California Homeless Resources

I am so excited!!! I found my calling... This California Homeless Resources thing is going to be huge! God is placing all the right people in my life and my talents are matching up with Gods will and that my friends is a very powerful thing. I have so much more clarity now. I will be blogging everyday on the progress of the California Homeless Resources site. I will be blogging daily because it is starting to drive more and more website traffic. I don't want to "toot my own horn" I want the friends that are involved with this movement to be up to date on what is going one. Kinda like a daily newsletter. The more I use the word Homeless in this blog the better it will be for people to see the blog and then to help the cause. I need traffic to the Blog so please everyone spread the word to please follow the blog so that people will see that people have an interest in helping the homeless. I am excited to report: We are having people come to the site via Google and loo

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