Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

The confidence that this will inspire while looking or interviewing for a job is immense. Taking it one step further, it would be great if they're provided free clothing if they can prove(to prevent abuse) that they need it to go to an interview.

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by pcrh » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 4:57 PM UTC

I'm not sure whether to laud this or be shocked at the lack of more standard provisions.

Bath houses were a feature of cities for centuries.

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by pstuart » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:04 PM UTC

pcrh wrote: post #5

I'm not sure whether to laud this or be shocked at the lack of more standard provisions. Bath houses were a feature of cities for centuries.

San Francisco had bath houses but they, um, weren't very clean and were shut down.

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by rodrago » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:12 PM UTC

Mobile showers are great, but I might have missed what’s so groundbreaking about it.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Mobile_Shower_Unit__... http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2008210554_homeless28... http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20100923/NEWS01/709239891 http://www.henkelna.com/press/2010-16528-henkel-and-tempe-co... http://www.depaulfrance.org/actualites/mobildouche/?lang=en

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by cgcardona » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

I live and work in San Francisco and have tweeted many times about the extreme lack of public restrooms and the overwhelming amount of human waste littered across our beautiful city.

We have an incredibly large transient population and yet there are hardly any public restrooms. It's an all too common site to see someone squatting down in the middle of the sidewalk relieving themselves.

We pride ourselves on being the Florence of the Digital Renaissance yet we can't provide for the basic human needs of our citizens.

For a while I've been looking for ways that I can make a big difference in cleaning up our city and this project is the catalyst that I've been looking for.

This morning my mind is on fire w/ ideas thanks to the inspiration provided by http://www.lavamae.org/.

As a person which has adopted San Francisco as my city and the place where I'm raising my son I thank you greatly!

:-]

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* Fixed broken URL

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by mipapage » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

"The scheme comes at a time of heightened tension in the city, fuelled by the tech boom which led to charges of gentrification amid exponential rent rises over the past two years."

It is too bad things have to touch some sort of bottom for a reaction to occur.

Treat one another with grace and humanity.

Re: Mobile showers for San Francisco's homeless

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Post by woodchuck64 » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

It's certainly a feel-good story, but I'd like to hear more about how they intend to handle the "dirty details" that effectively destroy public restrooms. Is it basically like a public restroom with a full-time attendant who polices and cleans full time?