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SLO councilman asks CAPSLO to drop homeless services

Written on 21 Mar, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 45 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN One week after the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) shuffled the alignment of its homeless services personnel, a San Luis Obispo city councilman has asked the nonprofit to consider eliminating entirely its homeless services... (Continue reading)

Report shows homeless languishing in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 8 Jan, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 63 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County is ranked third in the nation for the highest percent of homeless who sleep unsheltered and is bucking the national trend of reducing homelessness, according to a 2013 U.S. Department of Housing and... (Continue reading)

Atascadero program supports homeless children

Written on 2 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A new program is providing meals to 25 homeless children in Atascadero each week. Crossroads Church sponsors the program that provides a backpack full of food for the children to take with them as they leave the Santa Rosa Elementary... (Continue reading)

Homeless man sues CAPSLO over bed bug infestation

Written on 24 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 35 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A homeless man filed suit Tuesday against two San Luis Obispo nonprofits for illnesses he suffered following a bed bug infestation at a homeless shelter the organizations own and operate. Bed bugs bit Jeff Stone during his... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach votes against People’s Kitchen

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The Grover Beach City Council voted 4-1 against providing the South County People’s Kitchen a permit to continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location on Monday night. The organization, which provides hot meals to 80 to 100... (Continue reading)

Homeless man demands $115,000 from CAPSLO

Written on 9 Oct, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A homeless man demanded $80,000 last month from the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) for turning him away from a homeless shelter because he had a service dog with him. In two Sept. 23... (Continue reading)

Vegetation fire comes close to KSBY studio

Written on 30 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A vegetation fire at a San Luis Obispo homeless encampment threatened the KSBY television studio Sunday afternoon. The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. at a camp between Calle Joaquin Road and southbound Highway 101. Gusting 10 to 15 miles... (Continue reading)

People’s Kitchen striving to feed the poor

Written on 9 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

South County People’s Kitchen board members are scheduled to ask the Grover Beach Planning Commission on Tuesday if they can continue serving the homeless from the non-profit’s current temporary location. [SantaMariaTimes] On an average, the organization provides hot meals to... (Continue reading)

Torres unable to refute theft claims

Written on 4 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 102 comments

By CALCOASTNEWS STAFF Attorneys argued Tuesday over allegations of malice and the theft of gift cards from homeless clients during a hearing regarding a slander lawsuit filed by a homeless services manager against an Atascadero private investigator. In depositions, Dee... (Continue reading)

Bed bugs back again at SLO homeless shelter

Written on 4 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Bed bugs have again returned to the Maxine Lewis Memorial Homeless Shelter, forcing the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo (CAPSLO) to close part of the facility. A dog trained to sniff bed bugs found an adult bug and... (Continue reading)