Unhoused Ventura City Councilmember Liz Campos says her ideas about eliminating homelessness start with dignity, inclusion
Ventura City Councilwoman Liz Campos, 70, uses an electric lift to reach ground level from the van she lives in. June 4, 2024. Photo by Julie Leopo-Bermudez for CalMattersJust before she was elected to Ventura City Council Liz Campos was evicted. Now she lives in a van and she has ideas about how to help others who have no home.of the homeless population in San Francisco found that 13% reported having part-time or full-time employment.
Additionally, I would create strong, enforceable regulations for short-term vacation rentals. The owners of these push the message that they do not affect homelessness, but each rental converted to a short-term vacation rental takes a unit off the market, and one more family is without a home. We have hundreds of schoolchildren in Ventura who are homeless; how is that acceptable? The homeless children are not “vagrants” or criminals.
My situation is better than many unsheltered homeless. I have a van I live in on private property where a family generously allows me to have a permanent address.
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