Assignment help/Annotated bibliography

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Toni Herrod

Purdue Global University

Dr. _______

* (nd). Cost of living in California. Retrieved from https://www.bestplaces.net/cost_of_living/state/california.

Using this source to compare the cost of living in California to living in the other states. This will assist in showing how attainable homelessness can be in such costly areas. California came to 149 to what is 100 at national average.

*Bernstein, N., Foster, L. K. (2008, March). Voices from the street: A survey of homeless youth by their peers. Retrieved from https://www.issuelab.org/resources/11579/11579.pdf.

This book gives personal testimony from more than 40 homeless, from other homeless and former homeless youth. I think this is so unique because it’s specifically biased for this underrepresented population. This information was received over 208 interviews.

Chastaine, D. (2019, December 6). A detailed journey – from homeless to business owner. Retrieved from https://www.covingtonreporter.com/news/a-detailed-journey-from-homeless-to-business-owner/.

A personal account of homelessness from a business owner. He gives vivid detail of how his days were, how he was sleeping in his car and the way his neighbors whispered about him. He tells his story about getting into entrepreneurship, after his living situation failed and the background of how he got into it.

*CPI San Diego. (2020, April 26). Poverty, income, and earnings in the city of San Diego, 2018. Retrieved from https://cpisandiego.org/city-of-san-diego-poverty-income-earnings/#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20the%20poverty%20threshold,cost%20areas%20like%20San%20Diego..

Providing statistical data for San Diego from the census, regarding poverty rates and the changes from previous years. Some of these include poverty rate, economic hardship, children in poverty by race and ethnicity, pay differential between minority homes as compared to whit homes and more.

Duggan, M. E. (nd). City of Detroit Budget. Retrieved from https://detroitmi.gov/sites/detroitmi.localhost/files/2021-07/FY22%20Adopted%20Budget.pdf.

A thorough breakdown of Detroit’s $1.1 billion-dollar budget, how it’s spent throughout the city. This was used to compare the two major metropolis. Detroit is actively fighting this issue within the city and has a possible guideline for San Diego.

Gloria, T. (nd). Adopted Budget Fiscal Year 2022. Retrieved from https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/fy22ab_v1cbo.pdf.

*The budget for the fiscal year 2022 for San Diego, and different statistics for San Diego provided the mayor Todd Gloria. Very detailed budget for the city, describing things like Facilities service, emergency services, and citywide reorganization and restructuring.

Goldman, T. R. (2019, July 11). In Detroit, tiny homes are more than a lifestyle trend. Retrieved from https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/11/housing-detroit-tiny-homes-trend-227274/.

Another large US city with the same issues, a small organization is helping to resolve the issue of homelessness. Ran by one woman, this organization is doing major things for the city. San Diego or similar nonprofits could take note.

Holloway, R. (2020, August 4). Homelessness in America. Retrieved from https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc55a733dcd84d9381550023e01fe5ea.

Overview of homelessness across America. This article provides cool imagery to show areas across the country of dense homelessness. It goes over the areas with the biggest homeless populations, which you can see are in more suburban areas.

Marks, G. (2018, August 3). This entrepreneur risked it all and ended up homeless handing out resumes on a street corner. Retrieved from https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/317813.

Young software developer David Casarez quits his job to start a business, he ends up homeless living out of his car and giving out resume on the corner. It gets shared online, and he receives offers from google, yahoo and more. He tells his story of recovery.

Wong, L. (2021, September 30). Celebrities who fell into homelessness. Retrieved from https://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-who-fell-into-homelessness/polkadotking.

A variety of famous and rich celebrities who were homeless before or after coming into their fame and successes. This shows the audience that anyone can be homeless and anyone could reach homelessness even after major life accomplishments.

KBPS Public Media. (2021, April 27). New Homeless Population Almost Doubles in 2020. broadcast, California. Retrieved from https://www.kpbs.org/podcasts/san-diego-news-now/2021/04/27/new-homeless-population-almost-doubles-2020.

San Diego’s homeless population almost doubles in one year to over 4,000. This is a huge change as the time frame is so small and the city has little resources or ways to assist the homeless.

References

Bernstein, N., Foster, L. K. (2008). Voices from the street: A survey of homeless youth by their peers. (ISBN 1-58703-235-X). California Research Bureau, California State Library https://www.issuelab.org/resources/11579/11579.pdf.

Use these four sources for the BIB