Johnson To Share Plan To Help Homeless - Sacramento News Story - KCRA Sacramento:
"Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will announce a major effort today aimed at ending homelessness in the community.
The mayor is getting help from dozens of businesses for the initiative, known as Sacramento Steps Forward.
Johnson on Wednesday took journalist Lisa Ling on a tour of the site of a former large homeless encampment at the north end of downtown. The camp is gone, but homelessness remains a major problem in the city.
Ling's earlier report about the camp aired on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' drawing international attention to the city's homeless."
"Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson will announce a major effort today aimed at ending homelessness in the community.
The mayor is getting help from dozens of businesses for the initiative, known as Sacramento Steps Forward.
Johnson on Wednesday took journalist Lisa Ling on a tour of the site of a former large homeless encampment at the north end of downtown. The camp is gone, but homelessness remains a major problem in the city.
Ling's earlier report about the camp aired on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' drawing international attention to the city's homeless."