Tony Sparks
@tonysparks.bsky.social
Associate professor of Urban Studies @sfsu. Interested in the intersection of poverty, law, and culture. Author of Tent City, Seattle. Refusing Homelessness and Making Home
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Every year, WHEEL stands vigil for the unsheltered people who’ve died in King County that year.
This year, we’re grieving over 250 folks who passed in 2024 – 44 in November alone (which is, devastatingly, a record # of deaths in 1 month).
➡️ This Sat., Dec 21. Victor Steinbrueck Park at sunset!
This year, we’re grieving over 250 folks who passed in 2024 – 44 in November alone (which is, devastatingly, a record # of deaths in 1 month).
➡️ This Sat., Dec 21. Victor Steinbrueck Park at sunset!
December 19, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Every year, WHEEL stands vigil for the unsheltered people who’ve died in King County that year.
This year, we’re grieving over 250 folks who passed in 2024 – 44 in November alone (which is, devastatingly, a record # of deaths in 1 month).
➡️ This Sat., Dec 21. Victor Steinbrueck Park at sunset!
This year, we’re grieving over 250 folks who passed in 2024 – 44 in November alone (which is, devastatingly, a record # of deaths in 1 month).
➡️ This Sat., Dec 21. Victor Steinbrueck Park at sunset!
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Media Critique: Vision Zero Was Achieved Years Ago, Just not Here - sf.streetsblog.org/2024/12/05/m... via @streetsblogsf.bsky.social
Media Critique: Vision Zero Was Achieved Years Ago, Just not Here - Streetsblog San Francisco
To continue to report that Vision Zero may or may not be achievable is a form of disinformation. The SF Standard needs to do better
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December 6, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Media Critique: Vision Zero Was Achieved Years Ago, Just not Here - sf.streetsblog.org/2024/12/05/m... via @streetsblogsf.bsky.social
There is only one safe parking site in San Francisco, and it only holds 35 vehicles. With over 1,400 people living in vehicles in this city, we need to invest in solutions and build safe parking sites! Overturn the RV ban! #SafeParkingNotSweeps #DoNotTowMyHome #RVBanAppeal
December 3, 2024 at 8:39 PM
There is only one safe parking site in San Francisco, and it only holds 35 vehicles. With over 1,400 people living in vehicles in this city, we need to invest in solutions and build safe parking sites! Overturn the RV ban! #SafeParkingNotSweeps #DoNotTowMyHome #RVBanAppeal
My book (like all books at UW press) is on sale! visit the UW Press website and use promo code WINTER24 for 40% off and free domestic shipping on orders through January 3, 2024.
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Tent City, Seattle
Transforms our understanding of being unhoused in the United StatesTent City 3 provides Seattle’s unhoused people with a place to create and sustain not ju...
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December 3, 2024 at 8:32 PM
My book (like all books at UW press) is on sale! visit the UW Press website and use promo code WINTER24 for 40% off and free domestic shipping on orders through January 3, 2024.
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Looking forward to this upcoming conversation with Wendy Liu on Refusing Silicon Valley. For those in the Bay, join us this coming Wednesday the 4th at Shaping SF
www.shapingsf.org/public-talks...
www.shapingsf.org/public-talks...
December 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Looking forward to this upcoming conversation with Wendy Liu on Refusing Silicon Valley. For those in the Bay, join us this coming Wednesday the 4th at Shaping SF
www.shapingsf.org/public-talks...
www.shapingsf.org/public-talks...
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Forced displacements (sweeps) of encampments disrupt connections to providers, damage trust & belongings. Fines/arrests make ending homelessness harder. We @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social created an encampment resolution guide to provide jurisdictions a way forward.
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/to...
Encampment Resolution Guide | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
Encampment resolution is a strategic approach focused on connecting unsheltered individuals to stable housing rather than displacing them through sweeps. This method employs evidence-based practices t...
homelessness.ucsf.edu
December 2, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Forced displacements (sweeps) of encampments disrupt connections to providers, damage trust & belongings. Fines/arrests make ending homelessness harder. We @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social created an encampment resolution guide to provide jurisdictions a way forward.
homelessness.ucsf.edu/resources/to...
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I have finally given in. After a year off social media, I have decided to check this place out. Tell me who to follow!
November 19, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I have finally given in. After a year off social media, I have decided to check this place out. Tell me who to follow!