I wrote this Op/Edin the hopes that people would begin to see the homeless as they are, individual people, each with their own different stories. Ashley Foster’s story begins with hope and declines into a seemingly endless cycle of homelessness and isolation. I myself, being homeless for the last 8 years, have seen this happen far too many times to far too many people.
Author Archives: Patrick Hogan
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Hogan: Mary’s Kitchen, Homeless Lifeline Facing Demise in City of Orange
Mary’s Kitchen, an invaluable lifeline to the homeless of Orange County for decades, is facing imminent extinction at the hands of its landlord, the City of Orange. The city has had some unkind words for Mary’s of late and the homeless population who frequent the soup kitchen which has served as a haven of rest and recuperation for the unhoused on a daily basis. A nuisance and an eyesore the city now calls it. . . but who are the bad guys here really?
