Sacramento County stops water deliveries to homeless encampments "This is a public health crisis. People need water."

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https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/county-stops-water-deliveries-homeless-encampments/103-77cc37aa-84c8-4857-8c50-61d7229202e5

Advocate Crystal Sanchez from the Homeless Union said they received a letter on June 26 that water was stopping to 40 encampments on June 30. The county also took their restrooms.

“This is a public health crisis. People need water. People are going to die on these streets,” Sanchez said.

The city said water can be found at 160 locations, including parks and community centers.

“60% of all public bathrooms are closed down, and the primary reason for that is to keep homeless people out. So water at Cesar Chavez Park and other parks has been turned off, and when it comes to community centers, unhoused people are not welcome,” Sanchez said.

The county said pallet delivery is being replaced by gallon water distribution in the unincorporated county at daily office hours through county contractor Community HealthWorks, as well as available through additional channels such as the mobile vet clinic PAWS and the SANE clinic.

Sharon Jones is one of the Camp Resolution founders that is now dependent on the community’s goodwill and donations for the majority of their supplies.

[3Hotdogs]

1. My cousin, 61 year old. good hearted woman, went homeless last month. --- Well not entirely.

Torrance, or maybe it was the county, gives her a cubicle. At least it's a roof over her head with an air conditioner. I send her $100 a month but I don't know how she gets by with food and whatever. She has never been 'right" and always had trouble getting through life/jobs and stuff.

She was in good financial shape at one time. My uncle was a regional manager for Xerox. He was important enough that they flew him to Rochester every couple of month for meetings. He died and left a large estate to be managed by a lawyer friend, The friend got disbarred after he invested her's and other people's money at the Santa Anita racetrack. California Bar's restoration fund paid her $200k out of a loss of about $1m.

What Sacramento County is doing, sucks.

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2. if she's getting homeless shelter of any kind, she's getting water and food.

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3. Thx. she has friends that give her some help but it's off and on.

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4. Today's forcast for Sacramento is 114 degrees!

Excessive Heat Warnings issued by the NWS last week, and for at least another week:

Sat 114° - Sun 108° - Mon 101° - Tue 102° - Wed 106° - Thu 109° - Fri 103° - Sat 97°

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sacramento+weather

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5. yeah... it's scary hot. GIVE the homeleSS WATER!