Thanks, Barry. Humor helps, especially in stressful times.

thanks, Barry - the belly laugh felt great!

Mark Evans (aka Mayacaman) writes



And yet I can't help but think that those in need most are the ones that are getting less attention.

History seems to indicate that we can be both. It's called reality.
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Compassion doesn't take us down; it's acting with compassion directly (person to person) without due diligence, or if our compassion serves us in some way, which creates a positive perception fed by...

Beautifully and soulfully expressed. Who was it that said "The poor you will always have with you"? Are we being Christ-like to accept this? Maybe better to reflect on this "there but for the...

Homeless

We spent the weekend in San Francisco for the first time in years. We went to breakfast at an “in” restaurant in the Tenderloin area. We found a parking place a block and a half away and...

Kind Lynda, I have seen you in action many times and wish to thank you for the dedication to our community that I see.

The idea that this is a simple, easily correctable problem is naive. As...

Thoughts on the Joe Rodota Trail (JRT) Clearing & Closure

On Friday afternoon — between visits to the JRT and meetings with County and city staff — a KQED reporter asked me a question about the...

Mark Evans (aka Mayacaman) writes


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I spoke with a homeless soul yesterday after the meeting who showed up at the weekly Homeless Action ! meeting @ the Methodist Church on Montgomery Avenue in Santa Rosa. He had a bicycle, and stated...

I find your attacks on Lynda Hopkins like a bizarre lynching mob mentality.

And totally ignorant of a recent law that allow homeless people to sleep on public property.

Did you know,...

So bummed by negative thoughts and accusations, especially from Stuart—Attacking those trying to deal with an extremely difficult situation. Back off! Let’s at least give efforts a chance to work....

Okay, "let's be fair." First, homelessness in itself is a health hazard, but Supervisor Hopkins did not create the problem of homelessness or the attendant health hazard. It is a national problem...

Grist for the Mill


Have you noticed yet that the political establishment does a little two-step on the Homeless issue? First, the Democrats and the Republicans play soccer with the Blame...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkin's Facebook page :waccosun:
48727For 60 Joe Rodota Trail residents, this is what the future looks like.

For the half-million people who live in Sonoma County, this is...

The Sonoma Development Center (SDC) is the perfect place to to do a planned community like Community First in Austin. SDC is vacant with many empty buildings on 820 acres in its own town of Eldridge....

Fantastic plan. I clicked on the Community First! Village and was really amazed and inspired by what they are doing. I hope we can do something similar to show our chronically homeless that we care...

I think a large part of homelessness being more of a problem is the increasing commodification of our world. There are fewer places to be economically different. Hopefully this will change as we all...

I like many of the ideas presented here and I certainly hope the county will act on them soon. I do find it distressing that you conclude by saying that if these ideas are followed, "the 2000...

I went to a Homeless Action! meeting in December. A small book called "The Blue Book on Homelessness" (available on Amazon) by Santa Rosa resident Terry Rowan was passed around. He details the...

No, the other group offers no solutions only complaints and stating they do not want sanctioned encampments anywhere.

I don't know the breakdown. My statistically-invalid personal experience with people who've had periods of homelessness has been that it's not much of a surprise that it happened to them. The...

I know where's there is 157 acres of usable land.

yep, this is the kind of failure of imagination you get with government - and to be fair, with any organization that has multiple constituencies and so is afraid to do something too weird. They are...

The county has $11m to spend to help? This is what we need to be doing. Check out this amazing community project in Austin TX. We have plenty of land here in SoCo to do something like this.

Let s...

Right, naneh, naneh nanhe ha. Clearly you're more interested in being "right" and on you team winning than on a real solution to a tragic human suffering. And you wonder why I don't debate you point...

Here's an encampment in Oakland that seems to be working for everyone:

Good News Network: Oakland Residents Transform Abandoned Lot into Sanctuary for Camping Homeless Women

Notwithstanding my gratitude to Dorothy for her post, I do not agree with her summation of today's meeting being a suck. Many good people are at this, predominantly Lynda Hopkins and outside...

Taxpayers are going to be furious if we're asked to spend money to recall one of the best supervisors. Nobody doubts Stuart is righteously angry about the filth near his home, but the ad hominem...

Stuart,

If I saw you with the petition I would take it and rip it into pieces and throw them in your face. Your wrongheadedness on this has been amazing, beyond the pale. I hope you do not get the...

(podfish) Agreed. Stuart, you've made your points many times. If your intention is to try & get a recall, then perhaps you should just focus your energy on that rather than inflaming more. You've...

man, Stuart, let it go. Are you posting here expecting sympathy or support for your point of view? You're just confirming the criticisms you're getting.

Try reading your post with the eyes of...

I very much doubt he will get the 8,200 signatures he needs. But in the meantime, it is distracting you from the work you need to do, distracting all of us from what really needs to be done and...

Stuart Kiehl has been accused of not doing his homework re. the trail situation. I disagree. To him, his homework consists of rereading his own emails over and over, kinda like the teacher making you...

and yet, like we're seeing from other factions in politics these days, the one calling out for a demonstration of strength is the one whining about being attacked and worried about being victimized...

You've really got a thing against the homeless.

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins' Facebook page by Barry :waccosun:
In 2020, I didn’t think *I* was the one who was going to be impeached... er, “recalled.”
But recall paperwork has been filed against...

Forestvaros: that was a wonderful reply. Please know there are many of us who share your thoughts. There are also many of us who have given quite a bit of our time, money, open-heartedness and even...

I understand the frustration and anger. The situation is unpleasant, smelly, and dangerous, among many other things. It's also a false dichotomy to draw between the encampment "occupants" and...

Surely Stuart is feeling concerned and possibly angry, as are many of us, at the situation that Santa Rosa (and thousands of other municipalities across the Country) is having to deal with....

Thank you Ann for your intelligent and informative reply. Hope S. and others thinking along his lines will read it and learn that Sup. Hopkins is not to blame for this situation. Lilith Rogers

I am with you. This is why I stopped using Nextdoor, because of all the hateful insults and arguing among neighbors. And we wonder why we are always engaged in endless wars. SMH

sorry, but I completely disagree. When he shows the ugliest most defensive side of our society, he's attacked. If there'd been the slightest display of empathy or interest in solving the problem...

Reposted from Lynda Hopkins facebook page from Monday, Dec 30th, by Barry :waccosun:

****JOE RODOTA TRAIL — PERSONAL THOUGHTS & COUNTY UPDATE****

TL;DR SUMMARY: County is investing $11.6M in...

Wow, these comments about the safe disposal bins for sharps (needles) are sickening. Diabetics use those bins. There are other medications that people inject. Sure, people who inject street drugs are...

I see there are thirty members and no petition or more information. Stuart, I find your perceptions limited and your blaming offputting. Seeking to recall our supervisor seems to me quite...

I believe Stuart is simply spewing diarrhea out of his pie-hole.

How do I come to this conclusion?

1. Blaming those NOT committing the offense for the actions of others. Supervisor Hopkins is...

Thank you Lynda, for your post on Wacco, and for your courageous stand, on finding a solution to those camping on JRT.

I'd campaigned & voted for Noreen... however you have my full support...

her words may be pale, but they're an honest and complete description of the situation. Colorful words may be more fun, but they add heat not light.

her post too asks you for some suggestions...