by Jim Palmer | Mar 25, 2019 | blog
I would like to introduce you to the Tustin Temporary Emergency Shelter (TTES). The primary motivation for TTES stems from a legal requirement that states that a city must provide the option of a bed to a homeless person, prior to enforcing any non-camping type laws....
by Jim Palmer | Feb 21, 2018 | blog
The news of the homeless crisis in Orange County has been making headlines regularly, and has even been touched on in the international media. I invite you to read a February 18, 2018 editorial in the Orange County Register, that challenges us to support policy and...
by Jim Palmer | May 26, 2017 | blog
Recently, the Orange County Register printed an editorial piece that greatly resonates with my thoughts on the issue of homelessness. Quoted in the following article, I have often said that for far too long, our society has dropped its social ills at government’s...
by Jim Palmer | Sep 30, 2016 | blog
(Photo by Joshua Sudock,Orange County Register/SCNG) , JOSHUA SUDOCK, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER I vividly remember the joy of bringing my children home for the first time. Children are a blessing from the Lord and it is time of celebration and excitement when a family grows....
by Jim Palmer | Sep 12, 2016 | blog
OC REGISTER – CINDY YAMANAKA, FILE PHOTO Friends, as most of you have read recently the Santa Ana Civic Center faces huge challenges when it comes to the impact of the more than 450 homeless living there. In the Opinion section of the Orange County...