In the News
What follows is a compilation of links to articles and videos that illustrate the work we have just begun, on behalf of our brothers and sisters who live in the shadows of our cities, in tents and in sleeping bags. For all of us who have ever experienced poverty of body, mind or spirit, we rededicate ourselves to loving one another and providing "Safe Ground" or "a place to be" for every, man, woman and child, and their pets. What is more important for us to accomplish?
- September 23, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Sacramento County takes heat for closing winter homeless shelters" by Cynthia Hubert
- September 22, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Homeless advocates fault Sacramento County over lack of winter shelters" by Cynthia Hubert
- September 22, 2011 Sacramento Press "City appeals decision in homeless class action suit" by Melissa Corker
- September 15, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Sacramento homeless still await campground" by Cynthia Hubert
- September 15, 2011 Sacramento Press "Safe Ground Jubilee rallies for homeless rights" by Elizabeth Orfin
- August 16, 2011 Sacramento Bee City Beat Blog "Mayor: Progress made on finding housing for homeless" by Ryan Lillis
- June 6, 2011 Sacramento Bee Article "After ruling, Sacramento must figure how to handle homeless campers' property"
- May 24, 2011 Sacramento Bee Blog "Jury renders mixed verdict in Sacramento homeless camping trial"
- May 19, 2011 Sacramento Bee Article "Sacramento homeless case goes to jury"
- May 11, 2011 Fox40 News "Homeless Sue the City of Sacramento Over Possessions Lost in Camp Sweeps"
- May 9, 2011 KCRA Channel 3 News "Homeless Go To Court Against Sacramento - Millions Of Dollars At Stake In Civil Trial"
- May 9, 2011 KCRA Channel 3 News "From The Field: Homeless Plaintiffs' Attorney Speaks"
- May 2011 Homeward Street Journal Homeless Sacramentans take the City to Court" Lehr, et al. v. City of Sacramento, et al. will be heard in Federal Court starting May 9 every Monday through Wednesdays for three weeks, 9AM to 5PM. This case is about homeless people's property being taken and destroyed without prior notice or possibility of retrieval.
- May 2011 Homeward Street Journal "No Place to Run ? No Place to Hide"
- May 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Safe Ground offers strength in numbers, but its homeless must move often"
- April 27, 2011 Capital Public Radio "Still No Site Picked For Permanent Homeless Shelter" by Steve Milne
- April 26, 2011 Sacramento Press "City Council weighs in on safe ground" by Kathleen Haley
- April 25, 2011 Sacramento Press "Council to discuss "safe ground" idea" by Kathleen Haley
- April 14, 2011 Sacramento News & Review "Still no safe ground" by Hugh Biggar and Jimmy Spencer
- April 6, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Sacramento's nomadic winter shelter deemed a success, but what next?" by Cynthia Hubert.
- April 6, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Would you support a homeless shelter near your home?
- March 15, 2011 Sacramento Press "Safe Ground supporters hold vigil, call for a state of emergency" by Hossana Paida
- March 15, 2011 Sacramento Press "Safe Ground supporters hold vigil, call for a state of emergency" by Hossana Paida
- March 14, 2011 Capital Public Radio "Safe Ground Advocates Go On Offensive" with Buzz Hoover interviewed
- March 5, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Safe Ground offers strength in numbers, but its homeless must move often"
- March 3, 2011 Sacramento News & Review Opinions/editorial "Homeless in Harper's" about Vollman's article
- February 27, 2011 Sacramento Bee letters to the editor
- February 24, 2011 Sacramento News & Review "Vollmann goes deep into tent city" by Cosmo Garvin and Alastair Bland
- February 23, 2011 Sacramento Bee "Chat Replay: Cynthia Hubert hosts: Homelessness in Sacramento"
- February 21, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Breaking Sacramento's homeless cycle"
- February 20, 2011 Sacramento Bee Editorial The Conversation: Can we afford to keep rousting the homeless?
- February 20, 2011 Sacramento Bee "From the Editor: Add your insights to region's homeless debate"
- February 19, 2011 Sacramento Bee Op Ed by Stephen Watters (Executive Director of Safe Ground Sacramento) "Viewpoints: Let's set the record straight about Safe Ground's goals and motives"
- February 18, 2011 Sacramento Bee Editorial: Time to alter how we talk about 'homeless'
- February 17, 2011 KQED Radio Forum with Michael Krasny "William Vollman on Sacramento's Homeless"
- February 16, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless get 48 hours to end parkway camping"
- February 16, 2011 Sacramento Press article "Rangers to oust campers on American River Parkway"
- February 15, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Rangers Roust Sacramento homeless -- yet again -- and admit it's not the answer"
- February 15, 2011 KCRA Channel 3 video "No Place For The Homeless"
- February 15, 2011 Sacramento Bee City Beat "Sacramento closer to plan for 'Safe Ground' homeless"
- February 14, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Stragglers at homeless camps along American River urged to move on"
- February 14, 2011 KXTL Fox 40 video (with text) "Sacramento Homeless Campers Chased Out"
- February 14, 2011 KQED Radio "Deadline Arrives for Sacramento Homeless to Vacate Encampments"
- February 12, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Some parkway campers leave as Sacramento County's deadline passes"
- February 11, 2011 Capital Public Radio "County Forces Homeless River Campers to Leave"
- February 10, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento homeless get notice to leave river campsites"
- February 10, Channel 10 "Sacramento homeless camp to be cleared out"
- February 9, 2011 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless must leave parkway camp; donations pay for other shelter"
- February 9, 2011 KXTL Fox 40 "Homeless Camp Kicked Out
- February 9, 2011 KCRA Channel 3 video "North Sacramento Homeless Sweep"
- February 9, 1022 KCRA Channel 3 video "Where Will Homeless Community Go?"
- February 9, 2011 KCRA Channel 3 slideshow of Safe Ground "Park Rangers Tell Homeless To Move Along"
- February 2, 2011 Sacramento Bee Article "Homeless camp urged"
- January 30, 2011 Sacramento Bee Editorial "Big surprise: Blight returns to river"
- January 13, 2011 Sacramento News & Review article "Greg Bunker made a difference - His good work left a mark on Sacramento and on me, forever"
- January 6, 2011 Sacramento News & Review article "The house that Greg built - Greg Bunker brought hope to the poor for more than 20 years"
- December 30, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Greg Bunker, longtime friend to the homeless, mourned"
- December 29, 2010 Channel 10 "Sacramento's Francis House director dies of heart attack" Jonathan Mumm
- December 29, 2010 Sacramento Bee "Greg Bunker, Francis House leader, suffers fatal heart attack" by Cynthia Hubert
- November 16, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Tent city envisioned in Sacramento homeless plan"
- November 15, 2010 YouTube video "Mayor Kevin Johnson's Safe Ground endorsement"
- October 13, 2010 Sacramento Press article "Homeless Forum tackles community concerns about homelessness"
- October 12, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Fong 'embarrased', Johnson 'proud' of Sacramento's progress on homelessness"
- October 1, 2010 Sacramento Press article "Q&A with Safe Ground's Tracie Rice- Bailey"
- Septmeber 16, 2010 Sacramento News & Review article "State of Emergency"
- Septmeber 9, 2010 Sacramento Bee "Editorial: Free speech remains intact at City Council"
- August 24, 2010 Sacramento Press article "Safe Ground opposes City Council vote on public comments"
- August 24, 2010 Capitol Public Radio "About City Council comment session"
- August 15, 2010 Sacramento Bee Editorial "Homelessness makes return to mayor's agenda"
- August 11, 2010 Capitol Public Radio "About Safe Ground and City Council"
- August 11, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento City Council debate sought on homeless campground"
- August 11, 2010 Fox Channel 40 "Lisa LIng: Sacramento Should Be Proud for Taking Steps to Eliminate Homelessness"
- August 10, 2010 Fox Channel 40 "Safeground for Sacramento's Homeless"
- August 2, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento's mayor to keep pushing for homeless campground"
- July 22, 2010 Sacramento Press article "Hopeful homeless in search of a 'safe ground'"
- July 21, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless still pushing for 'safe ground'"
- July 20, 2010 KCRA "Homeless Leaders: Where's Our Safe Ground"
- July 20, 2010 Costa Mantis film "SafeGround Jubilee"
- April 23, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Candidates vow support at Sacramento homeless voter forum"
- April 22, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless grill candidates for local office at Loaves and Fishes Forum"
- April 22, 2010 Video Over an hour of testimony at Sacramento City Council meeting about the need for SafeGround and a moritorium on the anti-camping ordinance (select "Jump to" and select "Joan Burke" to begin)
- April 15, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "The Invisibles - Documentary filmmaker Costa Mantis sheds new light on Sacramento's Homeless"
- April 14, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Group organizes to provide Sacramento homeless with housing"
- March 25, 2010 Sacramento News & Review article "A place called safe"
- March 2010 National Coalition for the Homeless report "A place called safe"
- February 9, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Advocate for Sacramento homeless sues city over camping ordinance"
- January 28, 2010 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento's Trinity Cathedral offers haven to homeless, CAPITAL'S TRINITY CATHEDRAL HAS UNIQUE PROGRAM OF SHELTER, FOOD"
- January 25, 2010 Costa Mantis Films "Safe Ground Marches in SF"
- December 29, 2099 YouTube "Part 1 - Safe Ground March and Rally"Part 2 - SafeGround March and Rally
- November 26, 2009 Sacramento News & Review article "In from the cold"
- November 15, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless man has key role in Sacramento debate"
- October 22, 2009 Sacramento Press article "Safe Ground Now!"
- October 16, 2009 KCRA KCRA "Advocates Get 'Tuff' On Homeless - Village Of Tuff Sheds Proposed To House Sacramento's Homeless"
- October 16, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento's homeless campers will not be prosecuted"
- October 15, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Homeless advocates seek lots for one-night stays"
- October 15, 2009 News 10 "Homeless Have Trouble Finding Refuge from Storm"
- October 9, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Rex Babin Animated Cartoon: A brief history..."
- October 4, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Ginger Rutland: Homeless 'safe ground' not quite Eden, but a step"
- September 21, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento County engineers hire homeless to help picket"
- September 10, 2009 Sacramento Press article "Sacramento's Democratic Party Supports Safe Ground for Sacramento's Growing Homeless Population as More Working Families Face Economic Crisis"
- September 4, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento police arrest campers, advocates at 'safe ground'"
- September 2, 2009 KCRA "Homeless Controvery Continues"
- September 2, 2009 Sacramento Bee article "Sacramento homeless erect new tents hours after eviction"
- August 26, 2009 Getty photos of Safe Ground "A pictorial account"
- August 25, 2009 Capitol Public Radio"Safe Ground interview of Kevin Johnson, Joan Burke and Vanessa Dunne"
- August 22, 2009 Sacramento Bee article"Attorney provides downtown Sacramento site for homeless camp"
- August 18, 2009 Sacramento Bee article"Sacramento task force plans campground for up to 60 homeless"
- August 12, 2009 Fox 40 News"Natalie Bomke's series on Safe Ground and Mayor Johnson camping out."
- July 31, 2009 Fox 40 News: “Homeless Living In Green Domes”
- July 8, 2009 Sac Bee article "New Sacramento tent city prompts charity to seek homeless site"
- July 8, 2009 News 10 "Homeless Camp Legally - if Temporarily - on City Land"
- July 7, 2009 KCRA "Homeless Campers Face Another Move"Sacramento Police Will Issue 3-Day Notices
- July 1, 2009 Fox 40 "Safe Ground: New Tent City"
- Oprah web piece
- June 3, 2009 The Nation - "Tales of Tent City", Ben Ehrenreich
- Live From Tent City YouTube Day 21 (Safe Ground Rally):
(by Costa Mantis, includes quotes from Sister Libby, Joan Burke, Mark Merin and Greg) - Live From Tent City Day 16 (on YouTube):
(All 21 installments can be viewed on YouTube and will soon be compiled into film.) - Capitol Safe Ground Rally from Loaves and Fishes website
- April 22, 2009 Sac Bee article Safe Ground Rally and Sister Libby
(includes audio segments from speeches by Greg, and Mark Merin) - TODAY news coverage on tent city
- IndyBay, with links to England's Daily Mail and the Getty Images
- Capitol safe ground rally (icare on youtube):
(this contain full recordings of the speeches given at the rally) - Marcus Breton editorial on Sister Libby
- Sac Loaves & Fishes "Stop Sacramento's Day of Shame"
- Sac Loaves & Fishes on Facebook
- Redding Loaves & Fishes - California Homeless News Forum
- SHOC: Safe Ground on Wikispaces.com
- June 26, 2009 Sac Bee article "$2.3 Million Settlement in Fresno May Boost Rights of Homeless"
- June 1, 2009 Street News Service "Wasteland to No Land"
- April 9, 2009 IndyMedia
- April 13, 2009 International Homeless Forums
- April 16, 2009 End Homelessness
- April 21, 2009 This Way Up, Seattle, Washington
- April 7-15, 2009 KCRA "Go Inside Sacramento's Tent City" Five part series from reporter Brian Hickey
- April 21, 2009 Ocean Beach Rag
- Today Show "Sacramento's 'Tent City' Closing"
- March 20, 2009 ABC News "Mayor Decides to Close Tent City"
"Lord, we thank you for this circle of people who care for one another... and for the purpose you have brought into our lives. And guide us in the future weeks to make an even greater impression on those who have the power, as we do, to change the world." - Greg Bunker
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