I work for the USPS and see 1st class mail not being delivered!

Do you want to end homelessness? Do you have family or friends struggling to pay rent? Do you want the State to work towards a Hawaii where all can be safely and securely housed? Hawaii needs more affordable housing and NOW is the time to take action. Recently, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a report finding that while Hawaii has the highest rents in the nation, the median hourly wage of a Hawaii renter is only $13.86 – less than half of what is needed to afford a 2-bedroom unit at Fair Market Rent. Housing is simply not affordable in Hawaii and more needs to be done.

Mayor Bowser is deciding within weeks if she will kill the DC Street Car or expand it in a new, cost effective way. Investments in high-quality public transportation bring economic opportunities and environmental progress. The street car can do all of this more quickly and less expensively than the Metro for areas of D.C. that won't benefit from Metro stops. Neighborhoods like Benning Road, H Street and Anacostia have been in shambles since the MLK riots, and now they have a chance to come back. But the plans to scuttle the street cars could pull the rug out from under them. The DC government screwed up; they spent too much, and stands accused of corruption and ineptitude. But if that's the reason to kill the streetcar, that's the reason to cut everything the DC government does. Instead we should demand more from our new mayor and our city. We need a city government we can count on. That can raise the standard of living for everyone in DC while protecting the environment our children grow up in. D.C. made a promise. The City made a promise to areas of our city that are just rebounding from decades of under-investment, and they are rebounding based on the promise of the Street Cars. Now is not the time to move backwards. It’s time to move forward. I hope you’ll join me in calling on Mayor Bowser to move forward in a cost effective, bold way to move forward on the D.C. Street Car Program.

The high rate of homelessness of families and others amidst the vast wealth in Silicon Valley, and caused by the influx of high-tech workers into Silicon Valley, needs to be addressed.

Amachi Pittsburgh serves children impacted by parental incarceration and their families.

In 2002, the South Miami-Dade community was promised Metro-Rail services. After over a decade of broken promises, we have decided to take action. With the fastest growing population in South Miami-Dade County, commuting by vehicle and bus has become an unbearable attack on our quality of life. South Miami-Dade County calls upon Miami-Dade County Transit, MDX, and the MPO, to deliver Metro Rail services to South Miami-Dade. As a result of broken promises made to the people of South Miami-Dade, the following situations have occurred: • A round trip from Florida City to Downtown Miami costs an estimated $15.28 in gas and tolls per vehicle. • For those working fulltime on minimum wage, the costs of driving can cost residents up to 24% of their yearly take home pay. • The drive from Florida City to Downtown Miami can frequently take up to two hours. • Florida City residents who commute to Downtown Miami spend an estimated 500 hours a year just commuting to work. • It takes a child four hours (round trip) to visit the Perez Art Museum from Florida City by bus. • It takes a Florida City resident up to six hours (round trip) to use Miami-Dade Transit/bus to reach the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). • It takes almost a three hour trip on Miami-Dade Transit/bus (one way) to reach FIU MMC Campus from Florida City. • Traffic congestion is persistent on US1 and with the expected growth in the South will only get worse. South Miami-Dade communities of Florida City, Homestead, Pinecrest, Cutler Bay, Palmetto Bay, & Unincorporated Dade, stand together in our resolve for equal access to all that Miami-Dade County has to offer its citizens.

PETITION BACKGROUND We believe that it's possible to remove the majority of the homeless off the streets of Sunland Tujunga and into a safe environment by using Camp 15. We believe that using the abandoned camp will incur a minimal amount of cost to the private & public sector. It is our hope that this petition will generate enough interest to create a safe haven for those of us who have lost our homes. Of the 60-plus homeless we've spoken with, all would be willing to volunteer their time & energy to make this a reality. The local churches and service organizations could help in job training and counseling services. Recently there have been numerous threats & various acts of vandalism against us. When we try to report it, nothing happens. We believe the time has come for our political leaders and community leaders to band together to help, not persecute, them, as is now happening with LAPD'S DAILY HARRASSMENT. THE HOMELESS OF SUNLAND-TUJUNGA ARE CURRENTLY BEING STALKED BY A UNIFORMED VIGiLANTE GROUP. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY & WE DEMAND TO BE TREATED AS SUCH. Many of us actually feel as though we're living in pre-WW 2 Germany. It's like being one step away from the concentration camps. Hear our plea, with over 150 homeless just in Sunland-Tujunga and the camp sitting idle for over 10 years, this is a viable solution. We thank you for your time. Hopefully you'll find it in your heart to sign this, and send a message to our local leaders. You don't have to be a resident, just someone who cares about people

We have a wonderful underutilized expanse of greenbelt and water. Let's make something great, not another freeway! Dallas deserves better.

Homeless veteran services are being cut across the nation. The Baltimore Station is a small non profit that provides residential treatment for homeless veterans. We are one of many non profits across the country having our capacity reduced by the VA. Community based services have proven to be the most effective and least expensive service providers in the VA system. The VA has provided no rationale for these cuts, nor have they involved the providers in any collaborative effort to fix whatever problems they perceive to exist. Someone has to speak up for this vulnerable population.

Local families are struggling harder and harder just to stay afloat. Figuring out how to keep our parents living with us is hard, but it is good for our family and good for society. Japan and South Korea do it, we can too.

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners is considering a request by the Georgia Department of Transportation to begin design work immediately for the widening of Daniells Bridge Road and for the construction of an extension of Daniells Bridge Road that would fly over SR Loop 10 to Home Depot. Construction funding is programmed to be released in 2018. The widened Daniells Bridge Road would provide an alternate route to the widened Mars Hill Road and, with the extension and flyover, would carry traffic from Watkinsville to Epps Bridge Parkway. The flyover could have entrance and exit ramps to and from SR Loop 10. Oconee County Public Works Director Emil Beshara told The Oconee Enterprise that the roadway would not relieve traffic congestion and its primary purpose is to spur economic development (Feb. 12, 2015, A1). The cost of the two projects is unknown, with one estimate of the flyover alone costing $20 million. What percentage of the costs the county will have to pay is not specified. The agreements before the county specify the time frame and that the county will have to reimburse the state for any spent federal funds if the county terminates the projects once the agreements are signed. The bulk of the money for extension and flyover would come from the federal government. The agreement would move the two Daniells Bridge Road projects to the top of the priority list, ahead of improvements to Simonton Bridge Road, which county data shows has more traffic, and a flyover of the Oconee Connector of SR 316. Because of costs of these and other county road projects, the Board of Commissioners is considering a property tax increase effective for the next fiscal year, which starts on July 1 of this year.

Like many San Franciscans, I don’t own a car. I got rid of it nine months after I moved to the Haight - when I got my thirteenth parking ticket. It was an adjustment, but I sure do not miss all the stress of having a car out on the street. For those of us who don’t own cars, we rely on the Muni. But, sometimes, there are errands for which the Muni just is not suited: trips to Costco, to Trader Joe’s, an emergency trip to the bank, etc. For these trips, there are by-the-hour carshare services like City Carshare. For me, City Carshare is a god-send. City Carshare enabled me to not think twice about getting rid of my car. I use it about twice a week: once to run some errand and every Friday to take my dog to dog-agility class. Owning a car would be a burden for me. Thanks to City Carshare, I don’t have to. There should be more carshare parking spots available, not fewer. It would be better if they were smaller and more dispersed, so members don’t have to walk that far to get to a car.