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Literally no one: Double Secret Project: Yeah this dog leash should hold your wheelchair onto the back of my car so we can get you off the riverbed and into a motel.

Literally no one: Double Secret Project: Yeah this dog leash should hold your wheelchair onto the back of my car so we can get you off the riverbed and into a motel.

#Repost Double Secret Project We all see homelessness is growing. California’s affordable housing crisis pushes thousands of people onto the streets each year. COVID-19 related job loss is expected to only make things worse. But correcting the housing crisis is just one piece of the puzzle.

Homelessness in Los Angeles is expected to increase 86% because of the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession. We need more innovative solutions that bring services out to the streets, directly to the people who need them. To see how we’re changing the system follow @doublesecretproject ... #builtdifferent #thisislosangeles #losangeleslife #homelessness #homelesspeople #mobileservice #multidisciplinary #homelessservices #healthcarereform #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealthisimportant #streetmedicine #socialworker #socialworklife #advocacy #legalaid #supportedemployment #peersupport #fridaynight #housingisahumanright #recoveryispossible #recoveryjourney #communityintegration #southbayla #doublesecretproject #pilotprogram #transformhealth #carenotcops #servicesnotsweeps #covidsucks See more

#Repost Double Secret Project We all see homelessness is growing. California’s affordable housing crisis pushes thousands of people onto the streets each year. COVID-19 related job loss is expected to only make things worse. But correcting the housing crisis is just one piece of the puzzle.

Homelessness in Los Angeles is expected to increase 86% because of the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession. We need more innovative solutions that bring services out to the streets, directly to the people who need them. To see how we’re changing the system follow @doublesecretproject ... #builtdifferent #thisislosangeles #losangeleslife #homelessness #homelesspeople #mobileservice #multidisciplinary #homelessservices #healthcarereform #mentalhealthrecovery #mentalhealthisimportant #streetmedicine #socialworker #socialworklife #advocacy #legalaid #supportedemployment #peersupport #fridaynight #housingisahumanright #recoveryispossible #recoveryjourney #communityintegration #southbayla #doublesecretproject #pilotprogram #transformhealth #carenotcops #servicesnotsweeps #covidsucks See more

We all see homelessness is getting worse. But how are we changing the way we provide services to adapt to the changing needs of people?

Literally no one: Double Secret Project: Yeah this dog leash should hold your wheelchair onto the back of my car so we can get you off the riverbed and into a motel.

Three of the top 5 cities with the most people experiencing homelessness are in California. Do you know where they are?

#Repost Double Secret Project We all see homelessness is growing. California’s affordable housing crisis pushes thousands of people onto the streets each year. COVID-19 related job loss is expected to only make things worse. But correcting the housing crisis is just one piece of the puzzle.

#Repost @danmartensen with @get_repost When you hear the term defund the police it’s not some anarchistic liberal idea meant to simply stir up controversy or completely abolish cops all together. Look at these images. On the left a nurse likely working dozens of hours overtime saving lives while risking her own and possibly her families. Forced to wear makeshift PPE made from trash bags and tape. ... On the right, a cop like so many others we have seen laden with thousands of dollars worth of riot gear, face mask, guns, baton, ammunition etc... he, (probably a union protected officer) who’s meant to protect the citizens he serves, standing along side so many others prepared for battle at war. When we say #defundthepolice we mean our nurses need PPE. We mean our teachers deserve fair pay. We mean our students deserve quality education, food and materials. We mean our healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right. Because if we can spend $721 BILLION dollars on defense and $115 BILLION dollars PER YEAR on police equipment and training then we sure as shit can afford more than $150 million (Million not Billion) a year for nursing programs and less than $60 billion a year to educate the entire country. A country full of forgotten, dismissed and discarded people who were promised simple things like freedom and protection from oppression. This is America. That was the deal. The deal has been broken. This is why we march. #defundthepolice #blacklivesmatter

While Orange County saw a staggering 43% increase in homelessness from 2017-2019 and does their count every two years; Los Angeles’ annual homeless count, released Today, shows that 66,433 people now live on the streets, in shelters and in vehicles within the County; up 12.7% from 2019. Within LA City limits, the number of people experiencing homelessness is 41,209, a 13.6% increase over last year. This is despite record breaking numbers of people being connected to housing ...resources. Meaning that homelessness is still being created faster than it is being ended. Yet instead of increasing funding for homelessness services, affordable housing, or mental health support, those programs are being cut so that more than half of the City’s budget can go to LAPD. A department which has seen a 30% drop in arrests since 2018 while homelessness has risen nearly 30% over the same time. We need to reprioritize our budget to actually address the issues faced by our communities. We need to defund law enforcement in order to properly fund vital social services that actually ensure public safety.

#Repost @danmartensen with @get_repost When you hear the term defund the police it’s not some anarchistic liberal idea meant to simply stir up controversy or completely abolish cops all together. Look at these images. On the left a nurse likely working dozens of hours overtime saving lives while risking her own and possibly her families. Forced to wear makeshift PPE made from trash bags and tape. ... On the right, a cop like so many others we have seen laden with thousands of dollars worth of riot gear, face mask, guns, baton, ammunition etc... he, (probably a union protected officer) who’s meant to protect the citizens he serves, standing along side so many others prepared for battle at war. When we say #defundthepolice we mean our nurses need PPE. We mean our teachers deserve fair pay. We mean our students deserve quality education, food and materials. We mean our healthcare should be guaranteed as a human right. Because if we can spend $721 BILLION dollars on defense and $115 BILLION dollars PER YEAR on police equipment and training then we sure as shit can afford more than $150 million (Million not Billion) a year for nursing programs and less than $60 billion a year to educate the entire country. A country full of forgotten, dismissed and discarded people who were promised simple things like freedom and protection from oppression. This is America. That was the deal. The deal has been broken. This is why we march. #defundthepolice #blacklivesmatter

Not only do Social Workers have SIX TIMES the amount of training as law enforcement but also, unlike law enforcement, social work is built on ethical principles... and the core values of service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence. Value: Service Ethical Principle: Social workers' primary goal is to help people in need and to address social problems. Social workers elevate service to others above self-interest. Social workers draw on their knowledge, values, and skills to help people in need and to address social problems. Social workers are encouraged to volunteer some portion of their professional skills with no expectation of significant financial return (pro bono service). Value: Social Justice Ethical Principle: Social workers challenge social injustice. Social workers pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people. Social workers' social change efforts are focused primarily on issues of poverty, unemployment,discrimination, and other forms of social injustice. These activities seek to promote sensitivity to and knowledge about oppression and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers strive to ensure access to needed information, services, and resources; equality of opportunity; and meaningful participation in decision making for all people. Value: Dignity and Worth of the Person Ethical Principle: Social workers respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person. Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers promote clients' socially responsible self-determination. Social workers seek to enhance clients' capacity and opportunity to change and to address their own needs. Social workers are cognizant of their dual responsibility to clients and to the broader society. They seek to resolve conflicts between clients' interests and the broader society's interests in a socially responsible manner consistent with the values, ethical principles, and ethical standards of the profession. Value: Importance of Human Relationships Ethical Principle: Social workers recognize the central importance of human relationships. Social workers understand that relationships between and among people are an important vehicle for change. Social workers engage people as partners in the helping process. Social workers seek to strengthen relationships among people in a purposeful effort to promote, restore, maintain, and enhance the well-being of individuals, families, social groups, organizations, and communities. Value: Integrity Ethical Principle: Social workers behave in a trustworthy manner. Social workers are continually aware of the profession's mission, values, ethical principles, and ethical standards and practice in a manner consistent with them. Social workers act honestly and responsibly and promote ethical practices on the part of the organizations with which they are affiliated. Value: Competence Ethical Principle: Social workers practice within their areas of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise. Social workers continually strive to increase their professional knowledge and skills and to apply them in practice. Social workers should aspire to contribute to the knowledge base of the profession. Source: https://www.socialworkers.org//code/code-of-ethics-english

I see seventeen cuts LAPD can make to their budget right here... An unarmed man in a wheel chair experiencing homelessness not even part of the protests was sho...t in the face by LAPD using rubber bullets. How was this man a threat to these officers? How is this response appropriate? Our tax dollars can and should be used towards more effective supports for our communities. We need to vote for people who support action and accountability. We don’t need to vote for people who believe in more of this. : FWDSET

It is important to understand that when myself and others say Defund the Police what we are asking is that other services are offered instead of just the poli...ce. This is not a blind call to remove officers from the streets and close departments. There is focus. The point of defunding these departments is to seek out and remove officers with records of misconduct and to retrain a smaller more dedicated unit in community minded practices. But trainings are merely a start. Divesting even 10% of funding from the LAPD (who was set to receive 53% of Los Angeles’ budget for unrestricted funds) frees up over $100 million dollars to be used towards community services, education, job training, housing, and healthcare programs. All of which are routinely left out of these annual budgets in favor of expanding police power. Leaving existing nonprofit service providers and community service organizations struggling to make ends meet. Leaving our communities struggling. Reallocating funding to community minded services has been proven to reduce a community’s negative interaction with law enforcement and boost the value of the community far beyond simply putting more police on the streets. It’s very easy to hear the words Defund the police and get defensive and not truly see the bigger picture. Just like with saying Black Lives Matter it doesn’t mean other lives don’t. It means we need to pay attention to black lives and their rights. Defunding the police doesn’t mean take them all off the street. It means we need just as much investment into our communities as we put into law enforcement. We need to shift our priorities to truly improve our communities. Continue demanding accountability. Get involved in local politics and vote.