Look at the difference between DHHS' response and that from Uplift Eureka

I sent this email to DHHS Director Connie Beck, County of Humboldt PIO Cati Gallardo and Jeff Davis, Director for Uplift, City of Eureka at 1:38 p.m.

Thanks to Cati, this is the response I got from Christine Messinger at 2:06 p.m.

Compare DHHS' response to the response I got from Jeff Davis at 2:33 p.m. I cropped Cheryl's contact information.

I asked this question as media. Imagine if you are homeless or on the verge of being homeless. With the retaliation I face in Humboldt for my reporting and other safety reasons, I have had to move many times in the last year and I have struggled finding housing for four years before. I called every so called agency supposed to help with housing. My experience is what others have experienced.

The only ones who help right away and make a difference was Uplift. Unfortunately, stabilizing housing is difficult due to greedy landlords who know how to work the system and government agencies like The Housing Authority who add to the problem. When you can barely afford housing, how do you move?

DHHS gets a chunk of the County's budget. The City of Eureka has several housing projects in the works. Are they affordable? That is debatable. Too little for the demand, especially with out of county and out of state people showing up.

The Housing Authority list is a joke. There are non profits in Eureka who are funded because they stroke egos. Where is the oversight? I am not wasting my time contacting Cheryl tomorrow because it makes no difference.

Bubba Rex is always whining that money is thrown but the problem still exists. Well Rex, maybe if the County hired people who were capable instead of  sycophants and the County actually monitored and held department heads and management accountable who gave a damn about anyone other than their salaries; there would be better results. Maybe, if the County like many businesses and agencies in the area did not use houses for office space or other commercial uses, people could live in them.

If you and your good ole boy buddies really want to see people succeed; then start by stepping down and allowing someone new to lead because decades of the current "leadership" including you has not worked for anyone except you and your good ole boys club. 

Educate some of your DHHS staff that their salaries are paid by taxpayers and the funds from grants that keep their bloated management positions. They could at least fake the effort and concern and provide me answers instead of passing me off to the Housing Authority.