Safe Ground

Homeless people deserve a safe place to be.
We believe everyone deserves SAFE GROUND!

There are over 1200 people sleeping outside every night in Sacramento and the numbers are growing! Shelters are full, so for many the options are few: sleep in a car, if you have one, or break the law and sleep illegally on the streets.

By Luis Saavedra Student at Cristo Rey High School

This is unfair and unjust!

Everyone should have a safe place where they can go at night and sleep without fear. That’s why we need a safe ground. Sacramento needs a safe “legalized” campground where homeless folks can have clean water, bathrooms, and trash services until our City, County and State are willing and able to provide adequate shelters and affordable housing for the growing numbers of homeless folks.

Loaves & Fishes along with Safe Ground Sacramento, Francis House, Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee, Volunteers of America, and other homeless advocacy groups are supporting a new Safe Ground site called “Eden” or “a Stepping Stone to Home”. This new site is located behind the Union Gospel Mission and Bannon Street shelters. The plans for it consist of 60 Tuff Sheds equipped for sleeping at night, communal food preparation area, and restrooms. The site will be staffed with support personnel to assist the residents in challenging their individual barriers to achieving more permanent housing. For more information on this new site visit our Safe Ground – Stepping Stone page.

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