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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)

CAPSLO in line to receive homeless parking monopoly

Written on 3 Sep, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 69 comments

BY KAREN VELIE and JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo City Council is slated to vote Tuesday on an ordinance that will require private property owners who allow homeless individuals to sleep in their vehicles overnight to bring in Community... (Continue reading)

Supervisor tries to get witness to change story about homeless gifts

Written on 16 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 182 comments

By KAREN VELIE Less than a week after his fiancé filed a slander lawsuit against a local private investigator, San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Adam Hill began contacting a key witness in the case, attempting to get him to change... (Continue reading)

SLO seizes homeless property days after LA loses legal bid

Written on 12 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo calls the tents, bikes and personal belongings of homeless people “found property.” Workers for the company that gets $1,600 a day to seize and send the property to the landfill call it “homeless trash.”... (Continue reading)

CAPSLO clients afflicted with staph infections

Written on 23 Jul, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 62 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo ignored a bed bug infestation at the Maxine Lewis Memorial Shelter for at least three weeks, while numerous people accessing homeless services were bitten by the staph promoting insects.... (Continue reading)

Disabled homeless man denied bed by CAPSLO

Written on 28 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 49 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo denied a disabled homeless man a bed at its shelter last week because he was accompanied by a service dog. Even though California law requires service providers to allow... (Continue reading)

SLO parking ordinance to restrict helping the homeless

Written on 7 Jun, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 25 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A proposed San Luis Obispo ordinance that would allow select homeless individuals to sleep in their vehicles at night contains provisions barring most charitable organizations from providing overnight parking and directs homeless vehicle owners instead to the... (Continue reading)