The Valley Citizen

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Web Name: The Valley Citizen

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ArtsEducationEnvironmentHistoryNaturePoliticsWitAboutMain ContentSue Zwahlen Will Put Modesto Back in BusinessThere was little to learn from Wednesday’s debate between Sue Zwahlen and Modesto City Councilmember Doug Ridenour. Sponsored by the Modesto Bee, the debate stumbled [ ]Featured StoryHomeless: Coming Soon to a Park Near YouIt took a couple dozen specialists in hazardous waste removal, several Caltrans officials and workers, and three or four Highway Patrol Officers to remove a homeless camp along Highway 99 on Monday, January 4. That’s in addition to the 18-wheel trucking rig that was needed to haul off the tents, lean-tos, and accumulated trash. Most of the campers along the strip had moved across south Seventh Street in Modesto from [ ]More StoriesNo, Mr. DeMartini, Homeless People are not BumsForget Affordable — it’s Time for Tiered Housing OptionsHomeless: The Covid CorrectionLeng Power: Award-Winning Community Advocate VolunteerWho Was the Homeless Man Shot by Stanislaus Deputies?The Monster in Our ValleyNow is the Time to Come to the Aid of Your CountryStill in Doubt? Vote ‘em Out!Questions Remain in Shooting Death of Homeless ManJosh Harder: The Paperboy Who Went to CongressRecentNo, Mr. DeMartini, Homeless People are not BumsThere’s a lot to unpack in Stanislaus County Supervisor Jim DeMartini’s recent comments about homeless people, but let’s start with his claim that they’re “bums.” Not too long ago, most any high school senior could have recognized such an assertion as a hasty generalization, but after decades of talk show bombast and free market propaganda, too many people agree with DeMartini, no matter how much evidence to the contrary. Included [ ]Forget Affordable — it’s Time for Tiered Housing OptionsWell over six years after Stanislaus County launched its “Focus on Prevention” program to reduce homelessness, local streets, parks, riversides, freeway margins and the undersides of bridges are full of people with nowhere to go. The situation is the same throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Statewide, efforts to place homeless people in shelters, hotels, and repurposed motels have been met with resistance from nearby businesses and residents who complain of [ ]Homeless: The Covid CorrectionFor many of us, the cause of homelessness is simple: “It’s the drugs.” Not far behind drugs as a cause of homelessness is the belief that, “They’d rather be homeless than work for a living.” This explanation goes back to Ronald Reagan’s declaration in 1982 that, “the people who are sleeping on the grates — the homeless who are homeless, you might say — by choice. Neither explanation is going [ ]Leng Power: Award-Winning Community Advocate VolunteerThailand is over eight thousand miles away from the Valley — just about a third of the way across the globe — but that’s where this inspiring local success story begins. The Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia had fallen the year before, leaving in its wake a legacy of terror and genocide. But as volatile and traumatic as the situation must have been for thousands of refugees displaced by all [ ]Around the RegionEmail us at:thevalleycitizen@sbcglobal.netFooterThe Valley CitizenPO Box 156Downtown Bear Postal1509 K StreetModesto, CA 95354Email us at:thevalleycitizen@sbcglobal.netSubscribe for Free

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