By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: homelessness, judging the judges, hot July, an alternative vision for the East Village, SD Vets protest air show, what depression feels like, knowing your rights during disasters, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Homeless Awareness Day:
We Can Do It Now! Tiny Home Demonstration part of San Diego Homeless Awareness Activities
By Amikas
We Need to Be Aware That the Homeless Are Human Beings
By Ernie McCray
‘Honey, Don’t Worry about Me. We’ll Find a Place Soon.’By Anna Daniels
Why Does Homelessness Persist in America’s Finest City?
By John Lawrence
Compassionate Action Requires You to Give Something of Yourself
By Laurie Black
San Diego Sandbags Efforts to Shelter Homeless People
By Jeeni Criscenzo
East Village Homeless Issue Grew Under Faulconer’s Tenure
By Junco Canché
Why Do People Hate the Homeless?
By Doug Porter
Get in There!
By Junco Canché
The Day after San Diego Homeless Awareness Day
By Anna Daniels
Slumlord To Evict 20 San Ysidro Children By October
By Barbara Zaragoza
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Is Anybody Judging the Judges? The California Legislature Wants Answers
Holy Heatwave! July 2016 Sets Another Record
Trump Flees to the Alt-Right Bunker
So Long, Suckers! One Million Uber Jobs Going, Going…
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Notes on the Dog Days of Summer: It’s Already Over for Trump
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
They Got the Wrong Guy
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Aug 7-13
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Downtown San Diego’s East Village South Without a Stadium: An Alternative Vision
By Bill Adams / UrbDeZine
California Poised to Pass Momentous Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms
By ACLU of San Diego
San Diego Veterans to Protest Miramar Air Show
By San Diego Veterans for Peace
Readers Write: Old High Pressure Pipeline Threat to City Heights
By John Stump
Know Your Rights During Wildfires and Other Disasters
By ACLU of San Diego
The Non-Death of the Drunken Man on the Library Plaza
By Micaela Porte
This Is What Depression Feels Like
By Will Falk
A Fractured Fairy Tale
By Pat Staley
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
CA Insurance Industry Happy to Receive, But Not to Give
By Paulina Gonzalez & Lori Gay / Capital & Main