Posted by on Oct 27, 2015 | 6 comments

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Well, with all the press on Jerry Brown’s pay equalization, there seems to have slipped through the cracks this one very important piece of info, which mama’s niece in San Francisco sent to mama about the need for affordable housing and Governor Brown’s mishandling of a perfect solution.

Mama’s nephew worked for years with non-profit organizations who tried to find low-cost land for low-cost housing and this was definitely a blow to any possible success in the near future.

I know it’s a lot to read, but California leads in having more homeless than any other state.  And I knew what it was like to be homeless…

So I guess Governor Brown gave (to the film industry) with one hand and then took away (from the homeless) with the other.

GOVERNOR VETOES TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING BILLS

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A curious aside from all this: mama goes to an open market twice a week where a homeless man sells a small local newspaper called Sans-Logis that is written and produced by a group of homeless people in this neighbourhood.  And mama buys it because in it there is a poetry page with some of the most lovely poems you can imagine.   I’m not a good translator of French, but I’ll put my mind to it and maybe in a day or two, I’ll put in one of the sweet poems found in the paper.

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I’m just lucky to have a window to look out of!

Today’s suggestion for a blog to visit is:

http://dezizworld.com/