What Do We Do Now?

For the next few months, I’m going to share what I’ve learned working with thousands of people on the streets. I’m going to highlight the work of the most innovative and successful programs serving the unhoused residents of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Wardo

‘Wardo’: As we got to know each other, sharing the stories that brought us both to MacArthur Park, doing laundry and providing showers for our guests, we found out we had a lot in common. Enough that we quickly became friends.

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Join Us

This is what I know: working together, we can end homelessness, now and for good. We are the only ones who can bring dignity and hope back into the lives of our unhoused neighbors. The love that passes through us to them is the only thing powerful enough to truly change their lives (and our lives, too).

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Nerd Reich: The Sequel to Revenge of the Nerds That No One Wanted | Part Three

What HUD's funding fights have already cost Los Angeles, and where the ballot box, advocacy, and community power still hold the line.

Nerd Reich: The Sequel to Revenge of the Nerds That No One Wanted | Part Two

Part Two of the Nerd Reich series. Curtis Yarvin in his own words on who counts as disposable — and how the same ideology reaches Palantir's federal contracts and California's billionaire-backed megacity, and what it means for housing.

Nerd Reich: The Sequel to Revenge of the Nerds That No One Wanted | Part One

I wish I lived in a world where this book didn't have to exist. But unfortunately it does, and it's important.

Can We Survive This?

The nonprofits holding Los Angeles together are running out of runway — and the problem isn't how hard they're working, it's how they're funded. A look at what's breaking, what's working, and the one question worth asking before you give this year.

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Featured Articles:

Social Awareness

We can end homelessness- it will take all of us working together. Get INVOLVED.

We can end homelessness- it will take all of us working together.
Get INVOLVED.