This week in class we went over homeless counts and a speaker on Monday that was making a difference in our community. This man was actively working within the city system to make change for the homeless in the city of Redlands. Although met with numerous road blocks by the city council he is managing to get ideas into action. I didn’t realize how a city council can block projects by the community with a simple no because of one reason. The image of a city is that important,and but I wasn’t surprised it was prioritized over the welfare of other human beings. I live in Victorville and expect the same to happen,since it’s criminalizing how these people survive. The Skype call on Wednesday made that much more apparently by the method used to count these people. Knowingly having to avoid law enforcement and be sneaky about getting accurate counts was alarming. But his methods for getting those counts was very interesting to hear about,by using people in the community or are homeless make all the difference to get accurate counts. I’m glad I was able to hear both talks,it made me much more aware of how these people are going to get help.