This episode is part of our series on solutions to homelessness.
We’ll learn how they were able to get housed. We’ll also hear from people who used to be homeless in Santa Cruz County. We’ll hear their stories and what they need. In today’s episode, we’ll hear from Santa Cruz County residents who live in homeless camps or in their cars. And there’s people who probably need it a little bit more than me. INDY: I’ve honestly just been like, I’m gonna do it, you know. KMG: Are you on the wait list for one of those? Because like, the waiting lists for that stuff is like, years now. Or like, you know, like, the Families in Transition and stuff, how you can get a job, they give you enough time to get a job, and then build up until you’re able to pay your rent. A way I could even make, like, build into being able to afford it. KMG: What’s the key to getting you out of homelessness? Like, what. It’s not like, ‘Oh, this is my home for life!’ You know, like, Nobody feels like that out here.
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It’s like, OK, you got to figure out what I’m gonna do today. You need to get on your feet and get a job. Everyone knows that you need to get up and get going. INDY: We all know that we need to get our **** together out here. She sometimes works for a cleaning company. You know? But I’ve worked, like, I’ve worked a normal minimum wage job consecutively and I still don’t make enough to afford a house out here. And I’m sure you guys know the gist of it. And now I live here.Īnd it’s just kind of irresponsible to me that I haven’t gotten my **** together. I’ve been a part of the park camp before. So I came out to the streets and I camped.
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And then I was working full time still and paying for rooms on top of that. INDY: I went to hotels, and I got a voucher from the county building for like, the two weeks. KMG: Indy lived in an apartment until about three years ago. But it’s the fastest route to a job in Santa Cruz County that pays enough to go into home and afford it by myself. SARA COON: Yeah and you can’t do dentistry in the water. I was like, maybe I could do this, because I love the water and I love helping people and I love - I thought I’d be sick as **** to be able to magically get someone who can’t walk and get him to walk again, you know, like, just by playing in the pool. You know?Īnd so I thought that was like something that could suck me really into a school. INDY: And I thought that it was super duper interesting, you know, like seeing how the muscles work and how triggering certain muscles can react to other muscles and maybe save their mobility. INDY: When I was doing caregiving I did some aquatic therapy. She hopes to return to Cabrillo soon to finish the prerequisites. Indy plans to enter the dental hygiene program at Cabrillo College. She graduated from high school there too. Indy went to elementary and middle schools in the San Lorenzo Valley. Please don’t put my name because I have a family in the community and I don’t want this to be like a thing. INDY: You can share my comments just don’t put my name. Sara introduces us to a woman who lives here. A stand-up paddle board rests on a makeshift wooden dock. KMG: We slip past a hanging tarp and climb down through the trees. SARA COON: Oh, the groundsmen like to shoot water over there. KMG: What do you mean stay away from the water? So we had to hide behind bushes and everything. Ten years ago it was ducking and diving because you couldn’t let them see because then they’ll call the cops on you. We were talking about this the other day. We used to have to hide from the cemetery people. SARA COON: But we’ve always lived down here.
SARA COON: No, I think it started in the middle of it. SARA COON: Camp Paradise has been here… I’m not exactly sure. SARA COON: Every time I come down here it looks different. Sara was part of Santa Cruz Local’s community advisory board last year. Around the tents, we see people’s belongings: potted plants, mirrors, handwritten signs, chairs, Christmas lights, a pile of bikes. Some lean-tos are built out of pallets and tarps. We pass between several dozen tents and lean-tos. I’m here with my coworker Natalya Dreszer. As of this fall, more than 100 people call this place home. It’s between the river and the Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery. It’s along the San Lorenzo River near the Highway 1 bridge. KARA MEYBERG GUZMAN: I’m at a homeless camp in Santa Cruz. Find The Podlight on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud or Spotify. transportation, business, education, COVID-19 and more. You’ll find in-depth conversations about the South Bay issues you care about. Tune in to the San José Spotlight weekly podcast, The Podlight. San Jose Spotlight covers policy, politics and government in Silicon Valley. ADVERTISEMENT: Have you heard about San José Spotlight? It’s a nonprofit news organization over the hill.
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