23 - The Rising Tide of Anti-Homeless Rhetoric (9.30.2019)

In this relaunch of the storied VOICES: River City podcast, founding editor Dave Kempa discusses the beginning of a new project dedicated to identifying and pushing back against anti-homeless rhetoric and animus in the Sacramento region and beyond. From Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost’s vile op-ed in the Sacramento Bee, to Capitol Park groundskeepers asking for pepper spray to use against folks living homeless, to the son of the head of an LA-region Chamber of Commerce facing charges that he and a friend set a homeless camp on fire near Los Angeles – there’s a lot to examine.