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Homeless No More

October 26, 2009 By

Homeless no more: Long road leads man to assistance, home

By April Charlton/Senior Staff Writer/Times Press Recorder

a division of Lee Central Coast Newspapers

Will DiazDuring one Nipomo native’s struggle with homelessness, he did everything he could to sleep standing up.

“I felt a lot of shame,” William Diaz said about the period of his life when the now 36-year-old often slept in a stand of trees behind the Nipomo Men’s Club in Olde Towne. “I wouldn’t want to sleep on the ground when I was homeless,” he explained, “because if I woke up on the ground, then I was officially homeless. I didn’t want to be that. At least if I was standing up, I was doing something … had somewhere to go.” [Read more...]

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More Than 30 Percent of Homeless in SLO County Are Children

October 23, 2009 By

Study reveals more than 30 percent of homeless in county are children

By Times Press Recorder Staff

a division of Lee Central Coast Newspapers

A single count of homeless persons in San Luis Obispo County has revealed that on any given day, there are more than 3,800 people without a place to call home.

Even more alarming is that of the 3,829 homeless people recently surveyed during an enumeration count of the county’s homeless population, 35.8 percent of those without a permanent place to live are children. Five percent are senior citizens. The findings of the single-day count and 2009 enumeration study also show that the homeless are a diverse group who live in every area of the county. [Read more...]

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