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USA "Nowhere To Go For Homeless in Salinas" Jay Dunn 49 images Created 5 Nov 2013

"Nowhere To Go" was created in February 2013 as an interactive audio slideshow about the homeless in Salinas, California. The images in this gallery are only part of the story. >> You can WATCH "Nowhere To Go" in HD on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/59945356 or LISTEN to the soundtrack on Soundcloud http://bit.ly/ZbOFuU << STORY PRECIS: On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go. Photographed and recorded by Jay Dunn.
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  • Rita Acosta, who has helped organize her fellow homeless into a coherent community with rules, walks through the Chinatown Community Gardens. Despite her own situation, she frequently helps others before herself, especially the seniors who are the most vulnerable.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep02.jpg
  • A view of the head of Soledad Street from the top of the Buddhist Temple's Community Center. By making streets one-way and fencing off whole areas, the city has reduced through traffic, but concentrated problems in a low-visibility area.
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  • David Howard, 59, across from the Victory Mission on Soledad Street in Chinatown. Formerly a member of Tents by the Gardens, a well-organized homeless group that was camped out just down the street, Howard was displaced by the sweep of January 31st. He is waiting for official word as to where the group can reestablish their community.
    130221 jd nowhereMAIN.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep10.jpg
  • A bag of fruit meant for "Shorty," near the doorway she has occupied in front of the Victory Mission on Soledad Street. On Thursday, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing all encampments on the street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep06.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep03.jpg
  • A Salinas city worker with some of the bedding used at a homeless encampment on Soledad Street. On Thursday, January 31st, workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of Chinatown, removing camps on the street and in lots between buildings.
    130131 jd homeless sweep12.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep12a.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep12b.jpg
  • Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early Thursday morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep04.jpg
  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community that has organized its own sanitation and security. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130126 jd homeless meet03.jpg
  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community, as seen from the roof of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130126 jd homeless meet02.jpg
  • In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130126 jd homeless meet01.jpg
  • New fencing encloses the lot once occupied by Tents on the Gardens, a well-organized community of homeless people. On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of Chinatown,  removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep16.jpg
  • New fencing encloses the lot once occupied by Tents on the Gardens, a well-organized community of homeless people. On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of Chinatown,  removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep16a.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep16b.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep16c.jpg
  • "Shorty," in the doorway she has occupied in front of the Victory Mission on Soledad Street. On Thursday, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing all encampments on the street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep11.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep11a.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep11b.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep08.jpg
  • Rita Acosta, left, comforts Lucy Soto, known as "Shorty," in front of her spot in a doorway on Soledad Street. Shorty is 54 years old, and has lived in Salinas since 1964. She was distraught at having lost much of what she needs to keep warm during the sweep.
    130221 jd nowhereSECOND.jpg
  • Josh Holland looks out onto Lake Street from the second floor of a hotel in the area. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for a tiny room with shared facilities down the hall.
    130221 jd nowhereFOURTH.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep08a.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep08b.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep07.jpg
  • Sixty-nine year-old Maria Guadalupe Lozano, on Thursday, January 31st, just before authorities, in a sweep of the area, removed ninety percent of her possessions from the doorway she occupied on Soledad Street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep14.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, displacing many people who resided in the area.
    130131 jd homeless sweep05.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep05a.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep05b.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130131 jd homeless sweep05c.jpg
  • A front-loader drives down Soledad Street on Thursday, laden with possessions of the homeless population of the area. Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street.
    130131 jd homeless sweep17.jpg
  • Salinas city workers remove encampments of the homeless early on Thursday, January 31st along Soledad Street. Ample warning had been given by authorities, but a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city.
    130131 jd homeless sweep09.jpg
  • Possessions line up against the wall of the Victory Mission on Soledad Street. The city's sweep on January 31st seems to have cleaned up the area temporarily, but without viable places to go, many homeless have returned to the spots they once claimed.
    130221 jd nowhereFIFTH.jpg
  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community, as seen from the roof of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130131 jd homeless sweep02a.jpg
  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community, as seen from the roof of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130131 jd homeless sweep02c.jpg
  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community, as seen from the roof of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
    130131 jd homeless sweep02b.jpg
  • Josh Holland at his Lake St. residence. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for a tiny room with shared facilities.
    130221 jd nowhereFOURTHa.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130221 jd nowhere01.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130221 jd nowhere02.jpg
  • Josh Holland on the second floor of a hotel on Lake St. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for a tiny room with shared facilities.
    130221 jd nowhereFOURTHb.jpg
  • Josh Holland in his Lake Street room from the second floor of a hotel. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for this tiny room with shared facilities down the hall.
    130221 jd nowhereFOURTHc.jpg
  • Josh Holland in the hall of his Lake St. residence. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for a tiny room with shared facilities down the hall.
    130221 jd nowhereFOURTHd.jpg
  • David Howard, 59, across from the Victory Mission on Soledad Street in Chinatown. Formerly a member of Tents by the Gardens, a well-organized homeless group that was camped out just down the street, Howard was displaced by the sweep of January 31st. He is waiting for official word as to where the group can reestablish their community.
    130221 jd nowhereMAINb.jpg
  • Rita Acosta, left, comforts Lucy Soto, known as "Shorty," in front of her spot in a doorway on Soledad Street. Shorty is 54 years old, and has lived in Salinas since 1964. She was distraught at having lost much of what she needs to keep warm during the sweep.
    130221 jd nowhereSECONDb.jpg
  • Rita Acosta, left, comforts Lucy Soto, known as "Shorty," in front of her spot in a doorway on Soledad Street. Shorty is 54 years old, and has lived in Salinas since 1964. She was distraught at having lost much of what she needs to keep warm during the sweep.
    130221 jd nowhereSECONDc.jpg
  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
    130221 jd nowhereFIFTHa.jpg