Kevin Fagan makes an impassioned case for the importance of treating our fellow citizens, however downtrodden, with dignity and respect
“Everyone was somebody’s baby,” reflects longtime San Francisco Chronicle reporter Kevin Fagan , whose new book, “The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family and Second Chances,” makes an impassioned case for the importance of treating our fellow citizens, however downtrodden, with dignity and respect. “You have to connect with the whole person,” he says. “The addiction or mental illness is not who they are.
It all began when he and former Chronicle photographer Brant Ward met a woman named Rita Grant, who was sitting next to a shopping cart and holding a cardboard sign: “HUNGER HURTS – ANYTHING HELPS.” Grant was part of a group living on Homeless Island, a sliver of concrete between South Van Ness Avenue and Mission Street. It would prove to be a fateful encounter.
SFMTA says cuts aim to minimize deficit, Muni disruptions Agency staff said a 4% reduction in service will recover $15 million from an expected $50 million budget deficit starting this July Though Feilzer quickly owned up to also using meth and heroin, he offered lucid perspectives on how the proposed nav center would help the homeless without harming the community. “Face it — we’re already here,” Feilzer told Fagan. “You either own it and handle where it’s happening, or you let it get worse.”
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