Common Ground Homeless Survey
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Monday Feb. 28, 2011 4 a.m. volunteers fill the Louise Lowry-Davis Center before heading out for the Common Ground homeless survey
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Feb. 28, 2011 at 4 a.m. volunteers gather at the Louise Lowry Davis Recreation Center for the first day of a three day project to survey the homeless population of Santa Barbara in hopes of obtaining information such as numbers, health conditions, and peoples place of origin.
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Feb. 28, 2011 a little after 4 a.m. Mayor Helene Schneider (center) and council member Grant House (left) head out with their group to do the Common Ground homeless survey
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“Gator” has already done the survey but well known so takes a few minutes to catch up with David, Jennifer, and Lisa.
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“Gator” has already done the survey but well known so takes a few minutes to catch up with David, Jennifer, and Lisa.
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Gator makes his way to a cup of coffee and heard later to say “I got coffee. I had a choice and I got coffee.”
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David Hopkins (left) interviews people at Cabrillo Park for the Common Ground homeless survey
Published on March 2, 2011