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CONTACT US CALL US: W: 916-993-7708 M: 916-889-4367 EMAIL US: Bob Erlenbusch, Executive Director bob@srceh.org Jeremy Racik 'Food Equity Organizer Sacramento Hunger Coalition jeremy@srceh.org ​FIND US: 1331 Garden Highway, Suite 100 Sacramento, CA 95833 NEIGHBORHOOD YIMBY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN SIGN-UP FORM Name Organization Phone Email Sacramento City Council District - if you know it- Address Message Your details were sent successfully! Send

BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER: JOIN SRCEH's HOME TEAM JOIN THE FIGHT TO END & PREVENT HOMELESSNESS: BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER OF SRCEH'S HOME TEAM HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT WHY BECOME A MONTHLY SUSTAINER? EVERY HOME NEEDS A STRONG FOUNDATION Your sustained monthly gift allows SRCEH to budget based on predictable, consistent income. This stability allows us to focus on what really matters - end homelessness for our unhoused neighbors Monthly giving allows you, a member of our Home Team, to invest in SRCEH what makes sense for you and your family. It is fast, easy, manageable. One time set-up on SRCEH's Pay Pal account and you have invested in social change. When you are a member of our Home Team, you are joining a growing network of people whose monthly giving supports SRCEH's mission of end & preventing homelessness Levels of Home Team Support: Advocate: $10/month Justice: $25/month Equity: $50/month Community Builder: $100/month Link to become a Monthly Sustainer & Member of SRCEH's Home Team

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HOMELESS CIVIL RIGHTS Advocacy Priorities: ​ ​​ Campaign to limit the City's and County's Ban of homeless people being within 500 feet of "critical infrastructure" project ; ​ Partner with civil rights lawyers to challenge the constitutionality of Measure O; ​ Campaign to pressure the City and Coun ty to stop towing homeless people's vehicles - and instead have the City and County fund a program where they partner with local mechanics to fix homeless peoples vehicles and bring their registration up to date; ​ Advocacy to include homelessness to Sacramento City's Non-Discrimination & Equality Municipal Code; ​ Stop the Law Enforcement Homeless Encampment Raids Campaign: SRCEH defines law enforcement sweeps as a range of activities from the informal “move along orders” that are often threatening i.e. “or else”; to the formal – the forcible removal of people and campsites including the destruction of people’s property, necessities for survival, valuables, personal documents including identification and sometimes medications. Finally, this includes towing homeless people’s vehicles and RV’s; ​ ​ ​Moratorium to the County's anti-camping ordinance until enough affordable housing units are created in our region. This would include protection of the property of homeless people seized by law enforcement; ​ Oppose any efforts to criminalize homeless people including anti-homeless laws such as anti-panhandling ordinances; ​ Continue to monitor Sacramento Park Rangers monthly anti-camping citations and homeless camps closed; ​ ​ Continue to facilitate the Sacramento Services Not Sweeps Coalition ​ Continue to participate in National House Keys Not Handcuffs Campaign ​ ​​ 10 REASONS TO SUPPORT THE MORATORIUM ON ANTI-CAMPING ORDINANCE

VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS FACT SHEETS Violence Against Homeless People: 2017 Fact Sheet PUBLICATIONS Violence Against People who Are Homeless: The Hidden Epidemic

FACT SHEETS & PUBLICATIONS Overview: Homelessness in Sacramento County: 2022 Myths & Facts Criminalization of Homeless People Ethnicity/Race: Homeless People of Color Health Care Homelesss Employment Homelesss Students Homelesss Seniors Safe Parking Program Systemic Racism Violence Against Homeless People

The Myth of Homeless People Refusing Services Fact Sheet Homelessness: Myths vs Facts: PDF Homeless Programs & Housing: Myths vs Facts: PDF

SRCEH IN THE NEWS: 2024 1/10 Thirty Percent of Sacramentans Told Census They're Spending Half Their Income on Rent, SN&R, January 5, 2024 Shelter and Service Site Set to Open Next Week for Homeless In Sacramento, CBS 13, January 5, 2024 As Homeless Deaths Rise in Chico, Who's Keeping Track?, North State Public Radio, January 8, 2024 California's Unhoused in the Eye of the Storm, CalMatters, January 10, 2024 Additional Ways of Involuntarily Committing Those with Mental Illness will be Tested in Sacramento & Beyond, SN&R, January 12, 2024 Concerns Grow Over Sacramento Homeless Starting Fires for Warmth, ABC10, January 12, 2024 Sacramento City Officials Tables Discussion Over Daytime Camping Ban, FOX40, January 16, 2024 Volunteers Still Needed for Sacramento's Homeless Point-In-Time Count, SN&R, January 17, 2024 Homelessness is On the CA Ballot This March. Will Conditions Change on the Streets?, CalMatters, January 18, 2024 A Record 250 Homeless People Died in Sacramento in 2022. The Trend Will Likely Continue, SacBee, January 24, 2024 Sacramento County Reports 250 Homeless Deaths in 2022, ABC10, January 25, 2024 Sacramento Continues 'Point-In-Time' Count, FOX40, January 25, 2024 California Homelessness: How Bad Is It? CalMatters, January 26, 2024 Sacramento Abandoning Plans for Homeless Parking Site, FOX40, January 26, 2024 Incrementa Numero de Indigentes Que Mueren al Ano, Telenmundo33, January 26, 2024 Fentanyl, Homelessness, Violent Crime Highlights in Thien Ho's 1st Address, KCRA, January 31, 2024 Senate Bill 1101 Would Allow CA Homeless Encampment Ban, KCRA, February 6, 2024 Why Did Sacramento Take this Woman's Family Photo and Childhood Bible in a Homeless Sweep?, SacBee, February 9, 2024 Coordinated Access System Creates One 'Front Door' for Sacramentans In Need of Shelter, SN&R, February 27, 2024 Rio Linda Blvd. Homeless Encampment Has Neighbors Fed Up, ABC10, March 11, 2024 Sweeps Are Elephant in the Room As Sacramento City, County Officials Discuss Homeless Crisis, SacBee, March 12, 2024 Construction Begins on Sleeping Cabins in South Sacramento, KCRA, March 20, 2024 Homeless Man Charged With Hate Crime in Folsom Attack CBS, March 21, 2024 Advocates Assert That Sweeps of Sacramento's Homeless Camps Hinder the Ability to Provide Healthcare, SN&R, April 4, 2024 Audit: CA Lacking Data on Effectiveness on Homelessness Spending, ABC10, April 10, 2024 Sacramento 'Camp Resolution' Site for Homeless Community Forced to Shut Down, FOX40, April 11, 2024 Video Shows SUV Jumping Sidewalk, Hitting 3 Pedestrians in Sacramento, CBS, April 15, 2024 U.S. Supreme Court Case That Could Impact CA Homelessness Policies, ABC10, April 19, 2024 Sacramento Reacts to Homeless Case In Front of US Supreme Court, KCRA3, April 22, 2024 Are Homeless Camping Bans 'Cruel and Unusual'? U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments, ABC10, April 22, 2024 Supreme Court Skeptical of Laws Against Unhoused People Camping. CA Officials Await Decision, SacBee, April 22, 2024 Sacramento Restaurant Owner Says Homeless Encampment Hurting Business, ABC10, April 30, 2024 'This Would Never Be Allowed in the Fabulous 40's': North Sacramento Neighbors Concerned About Nearby Homeless Camp, ABC10, May 3, 2024 Sacramento County's Unhoused Population Drops 29%, Bucking Recent Trends, Capitol Public Radio, June 5, 2024 Sacramento Celebrates Drop in Homeless Population. Advocacy Groups Remain Skeptical, CBS, June 5, 2024 Survey Finds 29% Drop in Sacramento County's Homeless Population, Following Years of Growth, The Observer, June 5, 2024 Loaves & Fishes Doubts Sacramento CA Homeless Count: 'Hard to Believe', SacBee June 5, 2024 Doubts Continue to Surround Sacramento's Recent Homeless Count, CBS, June 11, 2024 Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Homeless Camping Ban, ABC, June 28, 2024

WOULD YOU SAY...? ... IF IT MAKES YOU CRINGE TO SAY? The neighborhood already has its fair share of people on welfare This neighborhood already has its fair share of Latino's ​ The homeless should only be be placed in commercially zoned areas Jews should only be placed in commercially zoned areas ​ This neighborhood is not suitable for mentally ill people This neighborhood is just not suitable for Asian people ​ Permanent supportive housing for homeless people lowers property Housing for seniors lowers property values and is values and is a drain on public services a drain on public services ​ Housing for people with disabilities must be separated by 500 feet Housing for Catholics must be separated by 500 feet ​ We deserve to be warned when people with mental illness We deserve to be warned when gays and move onto our street lesbians move onto our street ​ We don't want homeless people, but we will accept seniors We don't want Muslims, but willing to accept Protestants ​ If homeless people are going to live here - then I want the building If black people are going to live here, then I want to have: the building to have: + 12 foot walls around it + 12 foot walls around it + bars on the windows + bars on the windows + windows that don't open + windows that don't open + frosted windows so they can't look out + frosted windows so they can't look out + a curfew + a curfew + drug testing + drug testing ​ Cringe Test pdf

HOMELESS ENVIORNMENTAL JUSTICE PUBLICATIONS Fires On the American River Parkway & Our Unhoused Neighbors Homeless Have Nowhere to Go...Literally: Lack of Access to Bathrooms

CONTACT US: CONTACT FORM Name Email Phone Organization Subject Message Thanks! Message sent. Send EMAIL US: Niki Jones, Executive Director niki@srceh.org Grace Loescher, Communications Director grace@srceh.org ​MAILING ADDRESS: 1026 Florin Road #349 Sacramento, CA 95831