Joanne Standlee

Heartbreaking plight of medically fragile unhoused neighbors left on the streets of SD. This story follows Housing 4 the Homeless (H4H) after-hours nurse-led outreach teams who have been documenting this issue. housing4thehomeless.org Link: voiceofsandiego.org/2024/01/…

I just wrote a letter: Tell Bill Gates: Stop Microsoft’s partnership with genocide and unlawful deportations. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/te…

The Pollution coming from South County is a crisis that we should all be concerned about. THIS IS A LOCAL ISSUE! The vaporization of the toxic chemical waste and human waste means we are ALL potentially vulnerable to its spread. All Navy Seal's train at the Naval Special Warfare Command on Coronado in waters filled with toxic waste. A number of them have sickened with gastrointestinal disease, MERSA sores and even meningitis! The District 1 election is an EXTREMELY important election for ALL San Diegans. We can't vote unless we live in District 1 but we can help by donating to Paloma Aguirre's campaign, paloma-aguirre.com/ The US is just as guilty of this pollution as Mexico is. In fact Mexico had a new human waste treatment plant come online February 2, 2025 while the US is still repairing the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant that Mexico pays us $2 million dollars a year to operate. There is an election coming up in 6 weeks to fill the recently vacated District 1 seat. There is one candidate with a degree in Marine Biology who won $250 million dollars to start the clean up, Paloma Aguirre. As mayor of Imperial Beach she has been at odds with the Board of Supervisors over this and other issues. I attended a fund raiser in Encinitas where she shared that the BOS has a $2 billion dollar reserve that needs to be deployed in a number of ways including augmenting our mental health system and cleaning up the Tijuana river. I spoke to one of the scientists that has been testing the area in a hazmat suit because it's so toxic. They said that some of the pollution is coming from US owned companies located in Mexico and they are finding areas where there are no living fish.

Two sexually violent predators ordered to be conditionally released as transients. There has to be a better way... sandiegouniontribune.com/202…

VAN for a Vietnam Veteran (please share) Mr. Dreaming Bear was drafted right out of high school into the Vietnam war. He was doused with Agent Orange, forced to do paratrooper training which damaged his knees, and still has nightmares and suffers from PTSD. The VA botched his knee replacement surgery and after 9 infections in one leg and 13 infections in the other, they amputated both of his legs above the knee. He was learning how to use his prosthetics when they operated on a cyst on his spine leaving him paralyzed below the waist. Mr. Dreaming Bear has been cared for by his family since he became a paraplegic. He wants to spend the rest of his days surrounded by family. Unfortunately, his home in South Dakota was condemned after a winter storm destroyed the plumbing and heating, so he headed to California where he has relatives and friends. The VA owes Mr. Dreaming Bear housing yet they continue to throw up barriers to granting him a VASH Voucher. In the meantime, he and his family are in our Housing 4 the Homeless Shelter. Their van is on its last legs, it has broken down and stranded them multiple times. Please help them to buy a new van that can accommodate his wheelchair! gofund.me/74bd18f3

We're in for a wild ride... Live Updates: Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Harris nytimes.com/live/2024/07/21/…

Committee on Appropriations proposed budget cuts to funding of Housing and Urban Development programs in the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill for the 2025 fiscal year.  This proposed cut would hurt the 10 million people in 5 million low-income households who receive federal rental assistance and rely on housing assistance programs run by the HUD.  The proposal will not adequately provide the need for resources to address the national affordable housing and homelessness crisis, instead weakening vital investments in community and public housing. It would also result in a more than $700 million cut to essential public housing programs necessary to prevent evictions and ensure low-income households have access to healthy homes.  actionempathways.salsalabs.o…

Denver Basic Income Reduces Homelessness, Food Insecurity - Business Insider businessinsider.com/denver-b…

Thank You for filing this lawsuit! Lawsuit says homeless people’s belongings are being illegally trashed in East County sandiegouniontribune.com/202…

TODD GLORIA. BUY OFFICE BUILDINGS WITH ALL THE $ YOU SEEM TO HAVE. Convert them into studios and 1 bdrms. For profit companies I SD are doing it and charging only $1,800/month for rent including ALL utilities, Internet and cable TV. Then offer them to our unhoused neighbors and you could probably recoup the rent. Let's see, spend over $32,000,009/year to inter people in an unsafe environment or give them housing for free? I know, it's a tough decision! Buyers Snap Up Aging and Empty Office Buildings for Deep Discounts nytimes.com/2024/06/12/busin…

njspotlightnews.org/2024/06/… "There are more than enough unnecessary costs to homelessness already, perhaps chief among them misspent health care expenses. Those neighbors experiencing homelessness, whether sheltered or unsheltered, do not have access to the kind of health care experience you or I might reasonably expect. They don’t receive the same kind of treatment when they do seek health care, and are at risk of dying from preventable causes due to the lack of a safe, stable place to live. Things like wound care — much more likely to be needed by someone living unsheltered — become nearly impossible to handle appropriately while experiencing homelessness and can easily lead to a more serious, even life-threatening situation. In all of these facets, our goal as a community should be to provide for the basic needs of our community. Failure to do so turns simple issues into compound problems."

My new shero. This bias in our highest court must be exposed! In Secret Recordings, Alito Endorses Nation of ‘Godliness.’ Roberts Talks of Pluralism. nytimes.com/2024/06/10/us/po…

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War nytimes.com/2024/06/05/techn…

Live Updates: Trump Guilty on All Counts in Hush-Money Case nytimes.com/live/2024/05/30/…

I heard that the mayor is claiming that we're making progress on homelessness because we only had a 3 % increase. Isn't it convenient that the relentless pressure from police and Cal Trans has forced thousands of people into highly dangerous places to camp. Places you can only access by walking on the freeway. WHERE PEOPLE CONDUCTING PIT AREN'T ALLOWED TO GO. He's actually brilliant, he's figured out how to hack the system. Everyone who he couldn't sweep under the rug has been forced into extremely dangerous living conditions.

Mass congregate shelter scheme costs more than Housing First. Now tell my why this shelter is a better choice?

The lease terms are IRRELEVANT. Are you incredibly obtuse or just that corrupt? It's the $30,000,000/year to prop it up that's the issue. We can house people in their own apartment and provide intensive case management for less than that! voiceofsandiego.org/2024/05/…