Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee – Online
SHOC’s facebook page: facebook.com/SACSHOC
SHOC’s twitter handle: @sacshoc
Homeward’s facebook page: facebook.com/HomewardStreet
Homeward Street Journal Archives: homeward.wikispaces.com
Homeward’s twitter handle: @HomewardStreet
Farm to Every Fork: farmtoeveryfork.org
Affiliates:
Sacramento Housing Alliance: sachousingalliance.org
Safe Ground Sacramento: safegroundsac.org
Western Regional Advocacy Project: wraphome.org
International Network of Street Papers: insp.ngo
News Highlights
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5/3/19 CapRadio Homeless Camp Evicted On Stockton Boulevard As Sacramento Redevelopment Group Hopes To Build On Land
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5/2/19 Fox40 Cleanup Continues at Former Stockton Boulevard Homeless Camp
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5/1/19 CBS13 Deputies Begin Clearing Out South Sacramento Homeless Camp
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5/1/19 CBS13 Authorities Clean-Up After Clearing Homeless Camp Along Stockton Blvd
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5/1/19 ABC10 South Sacramento homeless encampment cleared out, protesters try to stop it
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5/1/19 KCRA Nearly 100 evicted from Sacramento homeless encampment
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5/1/19 ABC 10 Protesters standoff with Sacramento Deputies Over Homeless Camp | Raw Video
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5/1/19 ABC10 Protests break out as deputies attempt to clear south Sacramento homeless encampment
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5/1/19 Sacramento Bee Angry crowd protests as sheriff’s deputies clear south Sacramento homeless encampment
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5/1/19 Sacramento Bee This city might give homeless people the right to camp anywhere
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5/1/19 SN&R Deputies evict nearly 100 from Sacramento homeless encampment
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5/1/19 Fox40 Dozens of Homeless Ordered to Leave Stockton Boulevard Encampment; Advocates Face Off with Law Enforcement
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4/30/19 Sacramento Bee Here’s what’s happening, what’s wanted at homeless encampment in south Sacramento (Crystal)
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4/30/19 Sacramento Bee At least 65 homeless people ordered to leave Stockton Boulevard site by Wednesday
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4/30/19 KCRA Dozens of squatters face eviction for Sacramento encampment
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4/18/19 KCRA (Rideau) Sacramento leaders plan to convert hotel to homeless shelter
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4/11/19 SN&R (SHOC event) No shelter from the critics. Some homeless advocates says $40 million is too high a bill to shelter too few
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4/4/19 SN&R (PPC event) Unite the poor. Martin Luther King’s bid to unite the poor remains unfinished 51 years after his assassination. Organizers in Sacramento are trying to change that with a statewide bus tour.
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August 6, 2018 Sacramento Bee Key California housing bills enter the home stretch
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7/26/18 Sac News & Review Squeaky appeal. Hey look, progressive grassroots activism actually works
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7/14/18 Sacramento Bee Sacramento intends to declare homeless ‘shelter crisis.’ Will that enable public camping?
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7/12/18 Sac News & Review Panhandle away ACLU says preliminary injunction ruling is first in California and could force other local governments to reconsider similar ordinances
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7/5/18 Sacramento Bee Panhandlers can ask for cash near ATMs and stores as judge halts Sacramento crackdown
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7/5/18 Sacramento Bee Homeless people get new bathroom in Sacramento. Public toilet near City Hall also possible
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6/14/18 Fox Sacramento Committee Rallies Behind Homeless Rights, Housing SHOC’s Safe Ground Stakedown
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6/12/18 Sacramento Bee Why people keep getting arrested at the state Capitol
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4/30/18 Cap Radio Homeless Man Sues Sacramento In Federal Court Over ‘Aggressive Panhandling’ Ordinance
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4/27/18 ACLU Northern CA Lawsuit Charges that Sacramento’s Anti-Panhandling Ordinance is Unconstitutional
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4/12/18 Sacramento Bee Sacramento hit with federal lawsuit seeking to overturn city’s panhandling ordinance
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4/12/18 ABC Homeless advocates sue Sacramento to overturn panhandling rule
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3/22/18 Sac News & Review Riverbed fellows. Homeowners and advocates agree: to save the American River, give homeless people bathrooms and shelter
August 24, 2017 Your Central Valley Eyewitness News Investigates: Following Sacramento’s lead on homeless laws. Fresno’s “no camping” ordinance modeled after Sacramento’s law. Patrick Nelson. SHOC in the news
August 11, 2017 Sacramento Bee Editorial If Sacramento must take on ‘aggressive panhandling,’ then do it this way
August 3, 2017 Sacramento Bee Mayor says its time to think small to help Sacramento’s homeless
July 31, 2017 Sacramento Bee A homeless shelter in your church? Business groups say hold on
July 14, 2017 CBS Residents Rallying For Rent Control As Costs Skyrocket In Sacramento
July 13, 2017 Sacramento Bee What’s worse than failing to fix homelessness in Sacramento? Spending $5 million to fail again.
July 10, 2017 KCRA Sacramento’s homeless population increases by 30%
March 30, 2016 Sacramento News & Review California lawmakers sanction discrimination against homeless residents Hosseini
October 6, 2015 Sacramento Bee “To help city’s homeless, finally create Safe Ground” by Cathleen Williams and Mark Merin
September 17, 2015 Sacramento News & Review article “Online petition drums up support for ending Sacramento’s camping ban. Ordinance seen as attack on city’s homeless residents”
September 2015 California Homeless Youth Project report “Adding Insult to Injury: The Criminalization of Homelessness and Its Effects on Youth” by Shahera Hyatt
September 3, 2015 Sacramento News & Review article “Activist threatens DOJ complaint if Sacramento council doesn’t rescind anti-camping ordinance
August 20, 2015 Sacramento News & Review Editorial says its “time to finally legalize ‘right to rest’ in Sacramento“
August 13, 2015 Washington Post article “It’s unconstitutional to ban the homeless from sleeping outside, the federal government says”
August 6, 2015 US Department of Justice News “Justice Dept Files Briefto Address the Criminalization of Homelessness”
April 16, 2015 Sacramento News & Review Editorial “Camping ordinance needs re-evaluation”
April 24, 2015 Fox 40 “Right to Rest Bill Gets Attention of Cities“
April 16, 2015 Sacramento News & Review Editorial “Sacramento should enact a moratorium on enforcement of its illegal-camping ordinance“
July 31, 2015 http://www.boonachepresents.com WRAP Right to Rest Action https://youtu.be/Y8NZL5o6gsQ
