January 16, 2025 The Western US has once again witnessed the wrath of wildfires. Blazes have devoured homes and upended lives, this time in California’s most populated city of Los Angeles. As a recent New York Times article revealed (January 13, 2025), many folks who lost their homes to the flames have taken refuge in […]| Home
Supreme Court Upholds Public Camping Laws: Implications for Vehicle Residency and Homelessness READ THE DECISION The Supreme Court decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson upholds that enforcing laws against public camping, potentially including those living in vehicles on public property, does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “cruel and unusual punishment. In […] The post “Supreme Court Upholds Public Camping Laws: Implications for Vehicle Residency and Homelessnes...| Home
Known to her community as “Grams,” Sonia was born in Honolulu Hawai‘i, on the island of Oahu. Of Hawaiian decent, she moved to the island of Molokai in 2nd grade and went to Kilohana School through 10th grade. At 18 she married and moved back to Oahu. Living in Kalihi Valley for 16 years she […] The post Sonia Davis appeared first on Home.| Home
Mary Sweeney worked for 25+ years in Software Engineering for Boeing and Microsoft, while simultaneously serving as an adjunct professor at Bellevue College and the University of Washington. She is a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother – her favorite advocations. Commitment to philanthropy and charitable work has also been her passion, most especially working face-to-face […]| Home
Eric Tars serves as the National Homelessness Law Center’s Senior Policy Director, leading the development, oversight, and implementation of the Law Center’s policy advocacy agenda to cultivate a society where every person can live with dignity and enjoy their basic human rights, including the right to affordable, quality, and safe housing. Eric helped spearhead the […] The post Eric Tars appeared first on Home.| Home
Antonia Fasanelli became the Executive Director of the National Homelessness Law Center in April 2021. Previously, she was Executive Director of the Homeless Persons Representation Project, Inc. (HPRP), a Maryland-based civil legal aid organization committed to changing the systems that contribute to poverty and homelessness. During her thirteen-year tenure at HPRP, she incubated innovative civil […] The post Antonia Fasanelli appeared first on Home.| Home
Crystal Miller is a seasoned professional with a passion for statistics and a commitment to improving census methodologies. She graduated from West Virginia University with a degree in Statistics and furthered her education with master-level classes in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Project Management from […] The post Crystal Miller appeared first on Home.| Home
Brian Zamperini has worked at the U.S. Census Bureau for 20 years. Brian is a survey statistician in the Special Enumerations Branch in the Decennial Directorate. He leads projects that develop survey methodology, processes, and procedures for collecting data from people residing in group quarters and transitory locations. During the 2020 Census, Brian was the […]| Home
Hey there, I’m Zane Liston, currently pursuing my master’s in Cultural Anthropology at California State University, Long Beach. I’m passionate about unraveling human experiences, especially around identity, society, and culture. My research focuses on understanding the experiences of vehicle residents in the US and nomadism in contemporary society. Through qualitative inquiry, I explore how nomads […] The post Zane Liston appeared first on Home.| Home
I began working as a volunteer, visiting patients on the back wards of thehuge “mental hospitals” that existed in the late Fifties. As the transitionto the modern system of community residence and community-based servicesbegan, I helped to found the St. Francis Center in Denver (perhaps he firstpurpose-built day center in the nation) and was a […]| Home