An investigation by KPCC found reports of bedbugs, foul odors, harassment, poor lighting, rats, lax care in medical wards and even a “chicken incubator” in a room where homeless people were sleeping. The investigation revealed these safety and sanitation problems in shelters around the Los Angeles County. The report was conducted using public documents such […]

Last month, San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer announced that the city would remove trash and homeless encampments along the river twice a week through the end of March. At a press event last month, Mayor Faulconer stated, It hasn’t been done to this extent that I can ever remember. We’re changing that. We’re protecting [these] […]

A private Sacramento agency running a foster care shelter has violated health and safety laws and the personal rights of children over 120 times in recent years, which is a number that surprisingly is only matched by state licensed facilities that have already been shut down or placed on probation. Since 2012, state citations at […]

In 2014, the City of San Diego welcomed a sophisticated new addition to San Diego’s waterfront for tourists and others arriving by bay. This new addition was an 816-square-foot stand-alone restroom that cost $2 million and was designed with a seagull theme that referred to a popular 1970 novella about a seagull. Fast forward three […]

It turns out that David “Water Man” Ross was thinking about port-a-potties almost a decade before San Diego was struck by a deadly, human waste-fueled hepatitis A outbreak. Ross is known by several homeless residents for his regular deliveries of free snacks and bottled water and by 2011, Ross had installed portable toilets that were […]