An appointee to the United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a four-page memo warning Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson that local officials could be violating the human rights of the homeless people living within the city. In the January 23rd dated letter, Catarina De Albuquerque, the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation for the United Nations human right council, says that the current policy of evicting the homeless from their “tent cities” and denyi... anpersand Fussbinder comment-79866 2013-02-25T23:35:19Z 2013-02-25T23:35:19Z What does the UN's pathetic politics have to do with homeless? Fussbinder 2013-02-25T23:35:19Z sonny iverson comment-77918 2013-01-07T00:02:51Z 2013-01-07T00:02:51Z your comment is an on the fence one. its like you dont really have a say one way or the other. seems like most people on this thread are either haters of homeless, or concerned citizens that would like to see change. I personally feel that anyone who has never been homeless has extreme entitlement issues concerning the right to housing. They may not come out and say it- but their actions speak louder than words. Anyone that 'works' feels they have the right to housing. Anyone that has not been homeless assumes homeless people dont work. Try to imagine someone who lived thru the struggles of homelessness, and finally got out after many years to see life from the other perspective. What do you think thier thoughts might be on what society terms as 'work', in comparison to how difficult life can be living homeless. People that work think that work is difficult. Maybe people need to also quit bastardizing the words 'work', and 'difficult', and 'lazy'. All these terms used to defend one persons right to housing and another person's loss of right to housing. sonny iverson 2013-01-07T00:02:51Z sonny iverson comment-77916 2013-01-06T23:52:12Z 2013-01-06T23:52:12Z also pretty amazing how our country and its citizens like truth squad feel so self righteous that we need to go helping other countries as if we dont have enough problems here. I assume, truth squad, you only use the term-' think globally act locally' when it serves your particular motives huh? or let me guess- you completely disagree with the think globally act locally mantra and are now going to rant on as to how that statement has no relevance whatsoever sonny iverson 2013-01-06T23:52:12Z sonny iverson comment-77915 2013-01-06T23:48:13Z 2013-01-06T23:48:13Z still taking a stab at homeless people every chance you get huh Curmudgeon? it must make you feel so important. what a guy sonny iverson 2013-01-06T23:48:13Z sonny iverson comment-77913 2013-01-06T23:22:10Z 2013-01-06T23:22:10Z Here we go with yet again ANOTHER expert on the topic of homelessness. Let me just share with the reader exactly what Phillip Kampel's credentials are to speak with such authority on the issues of homelessness. .1) Phillip has never been homeless in his life. 2.) has never had a conversation with a homeless person 3.)Has never stepped foot into any homeless service provider organization ever 4.) Has never done ANY research on what homeless service prover organizations exist to help some people need me to continue listing reasons that prove why this person and the many like him on this thread have NO right or authority to even speak on this topic and really would be doing everyone a favor to extricate themselves completely from this conversation. The first reason should be enough. This comment is targeted toward people whose intelligence exceeds the aforementioned as they will never understand anything beyond the scope of there own selfish means. sonny iverson 2013-01-06T23:22:10Z sonny iverson comment-77912 2013-01-06T23:08:54Z 2013-01-06T23:08:54Z That's funny truth squad- I work with the homeless and have for over 5 years. daily- and intensively. I can just never get over how people who know nothing about a topic hide behind some pseudo personality like 'truth squad' and come to these conversations and just regurgitate rubbish with no fact or truth. Frankly its disgusting. People like me who actually know have to be assaulted by such extreme ignorance. It is an outrage. Hopefully people that spread ignorance like poison such as this Truth Squad' will ultimately get what they deserve.. sonny iverson 2013-01-06T23:08:54Z Phillip Kampel comment-63455 2012-02-08T17:28:36Z 2012-02-08T17:28:36Z For those of you above who want to blame KJ for anything, let's remember that the City Council has resisted his attempts to be held accountable and take responsibility. He has no more legal authority than any other individual Councilmember, despite his efforts. Also, for those of you who have not been paying attention, the City, along with the the faith community, donors and volunteers, have been providing shelter, food and other services to the homeless and those of low income. Phillip Kampel 2012-02-08T17:28:36Z Brian Steele comment-63409 2012-02-08T00:12:38Z 2012-02-08T00:12:38Z A Huffintgton Post expose would once again shed light on the situation and press the city to resolve the issue once and for all. Public records will ucover the failed promises of both Mayor Johnson and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to do so as a result of Oprah Winfrey's espisode reporting on homelessnes which featured Sacramento's tent city. Now its the UN redressing human rights violations...shame on our elected officials.... Brian Steele 2012-02-08T00:12:38Z cogmeyer comment-63381 2012-02-07T09:52:51Z 2012-02-07T09:52:51Z KJ made the mistake of giving attention and legitimization to the selfish "SafeGround" PAC. These professional hobos have made a career leeching from Sacramento's public services and public open spaces. Now, in gratitude they are using lawsuits and media exposure to attempt to get Sacramento taxpayers to buy them free land for a more permanent hobo camp. Who on City Council is ready to stand up to these clowns? cogmeyer 2012-02-07T09:52:51Z Curmudgeon comment-63312 2012-02-05T12:02:51Z 2012-02-05T12:02:51Z But pretty typical. The UN is dominated by Communist leftover and savage Islamunist regimes. Curmudgeon 2012-02-05T12:02:51Z TheTruthSquad comment-63293 2012-02-05T01:37:37Z 2012-02-05T01:37:37Z The city has gone all out to help. Having worked with these folks, I can tell you that many want to be out there -- they dont want to be told what to do, to clean up, to confine their pets, etc. Not everyone of course, but there are very few that really need a roof over their heads that dont get one. TheTruthSquad 2012-02-05T01:37:37Z Lee Middleton comment-63289 2012-02-05T00:48:39Z 2012-02-05T00:48:39Z Now will they listen? Lee Middleton 2012-02-05T00:48:39Z Lisa Walters comment-63285 2012-02-04T22:30:55Z 2012-02-04T22:30:55Z Actually, it's pretty sad that Sacramento treats it's residents so poorly that the UN is even aware of the problem. And I'm with Kantali - this is embarrassing. Lisa Walters 2012-02-04T22:30:55Z TheTruthSquad comment-63261 2012-02-04T06:16:30Z 2012-02-04T06:16:30Z Pretty amazing that with wars raging in 14 countries, food shortages in Africa, and poverty in other parts of the world that would make Sacramento's homeless seem like they were living like kings that this UN appointee has time to send a letter about Sac's tent city. TheTruthSquad 2012-02-04T06:16:30Z kantali comment-63229 2012-02-04T01:48:33Z 2012-02-04T01:48:33Z We have got to treat our fellow humans better than this. How embarrassing. kantali 2012-02-04T01:48:33Z P W comment-63179 2012-02-03T13:39:32Z 2012-02-03T13:39:32Z Yikes! KJ better be careful - his next out-of-city trip might be to the Hague! P W 2012-02-03T13:39:32Z Curmudgeon comment-63178 2012-02-03T12:23:19Z 2012-02-03T12:23:19Z Can anyone take the United Nothing seriously anymore? Aren't they busy enough covering up for barbarous regimes? Curmudgeon 2012-02-03T12:23:19Z Steve Vicente comment-63166 2012-02-03T04:05:02Z 2012-02-03T04:05:02Z It is pretty lame that the homeless were evicted from their "Obama-villes", but who cares what the UN says? How arrogant that our Bill of Rights strived to protect property rights, while leftist europeans think everything is a "human right" from health care to housing to internet... while they go bankrupt making it happen. No thanks. Those homeless deserve better charity than being evicted from unused lands though. Its also ironic that KJ and co boycotted AZ last year for similar so called "rights" violations (arrogantly), while they signed it with pens made in China, the country with extermination vans. Pandering. Everyone needs to read some Rothbard or John Locke and quit bastardizing the words "rights". Steve Vicente 2012-02-03T04:05:02Z