Safe Ground Sacramento

We've never had a day like yesterday before. Thank you to our supporters, for your expressions of love.

We are open for regular services today.

Please note: In order to tend to our collective grief and care for our community, Loaves & Fishes will not comment further on this matter.

Thank you for understanding.

More to come…

Our Cooling Center at North A Street Campus is open until Friday, July 12th. We welcome everyone needing a break from the heat.

Location:
1400 North A Street, Bldg A,
Sacramento, CA 95811

For more information on cooling centers, please visit the link: https://www.211sacramento.org/211/severe-weather-spaces/

☀️ UPDATED COOLING CENTER INFO☀️

The heat is near, cooling centers and free transit available.

Beginning tomorrow until Thursday, June 6th, a cooling center will be available at North A Street from 1pm-8pm.

Sacramento asks 'Camp Resolution' homeless encampment to vacate by May 16 A variance from the Central Valley Water Board allowing the space to be used as a 'safe parking' site expires June 1.

We had to replace 5 tents at 12th and C because of the horrendous storm last Sunday

Warming Centers have been extended until January 16th.

Weather Respite Centers activated through the end of the year.

Free transportation with a screen shot of the pictured flyer.

Here are weather respite centers that are being opened until Sunday

County Warming Center
The county’s Department of Human Assistance is opening a warming center with water and snacks at 1725 28th Street from Friday at 7 p.m. through Sunday at 7 a.m. Pets must be on a leash or in an animal carrier.

City of Sacramento site
The city’s Outreach and Engagement Center at 3615 Auburn Boulevard is opening from Friday at 5 p.m. through Sunday at 7 a.m. The center can hold up to 50 guests, has storage for belongings and accepts pets.

Regional Transit will provide free rides to both centers by showing this flyer on your device or a printed copy.

The county also is expanding capacity for the unhoused at the North A Emergency Shelter but those beds are by invitation only.

They made it !

Sacramento officials approve $4.6 million for homeless navigation shelter The Sacramento City Council on Tuesday approved allocating more than $4.6 million dollars in state grant funds to keep a navigation center for unhoused people open.

Sacramento Community Summit on Homelessness is coming this Saturday, 9am to 5pm. Eventbrite page has the schedule updated.
Looking forward to a day of learning and working together! RSVP and check out the program: http://CommunitySummit2023.eventbrite.com

Camp Resolution: Self-Governed Encampment Community in Sacramento Holly Porter, a quadriplegic homeless woman living in a tent in Sacramento, was the inspiration and co-founder of Camp Resolution, a self-government encampme...

Sr. Libby Fernandez going to be on the ch 10 news at 6 pm??!!! Mercy Pedalers piece.

RSVP at http://CommunitySummit2023.eventbrite.com

Cooling Center info. Open thru monday

In Pursuit of 'Housing Justice for All,' Cori Bush Reintroduces Unhoused Bill of Rights "We have the power and money to end the unhoused crisis," said the Missouri Democrat. "We just need the will to reorient congressional priorities."

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/town-hall-with-mayor-darrell-steinberg-hagginwood-del-paso-heights-tickets-658073344087?aff=erelexpmlt

This will be about shelter and safe grounds

Town Hall with Mayor Darrell Steinberg - Hagginwood & Del Paso Heights Join Mayor Darrell Steinberg and the Mayor’s Office of Community Engagement for a town hall discussion at the Hagginwood Community Center

Thank you so much, Golden Pacific Bank!
They do a lot of great things for our community!

SoFi Gives: Safe Ground Sacramento

SoFi Bank awards $10,000 to Safe Ground Sacramento, a community organization advocating for those who are homeless, founded by homeless leaders.

Paula Lomazzi, Executive Director and Founding Member of Safe Group Sacramento writes:

"On behalf of Safe Ground Sacramento, I want to thank SoFi Bank and Golden Pacific Bank division for this large grant, and very large check! It will help very many unhoused people in Sacramento. With higher local rent prices, more and more people are unable to afford the rents, and they are becoming homeless. High rents also make it harder for them to get out of homelessness.

Safe Ground sponsors and advocates for groups of people that want a safe and organized place to live, where they can become stable enough to maintain employment and to work with service providers who will help them access services and eventually permanent housing. We also promote the concept of homeless people taking leadership roles in their communities.

Safe Ground Sacramento has been banking with Golden Pacific Bank for five years. It seems longer because they have become more than a bank that keeps our funding safe. They have not only provided comfortable and friendly banking services, but have also become a friend and partner, personally and professionally. They always make me feel like their favorite customer, so I imagine they make all their customers feel special, also. They have always given great encouragement for the work we do.

I want to specifically thank SoFi managers Virginia Varela and Latif Yusufi for all their support to Safe Ground Sacramento, and also for their dedication in helping homeless people in our community through their leadership and volunteer work.

Thank you again for this generous grant and for becoming a partner in this important work."