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Story gallery: No Room to Rest — a series on homelessness

A homeless person sleeps on a bench at Girard Avenue and Coast Boulevard in La Jolla in October.
(Alice Rosenblatt)
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A homeless person sleeps on a bench at Girard Avenue and Coast Boulevard in La Jolla in October.

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 1: La Jolla meeting on homelessness illustrates urgency of a ‘wicked problem’

This new La Jolla Light series looks at homelessness in La Jolla, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Nov. 13, 2022
60 year-old Jerome Morrison, who grew up in San Diego and graduated from Lincoln High School, is currently stating at the Alpha Project homeless bridge shelter in downtown San Diego on February 18, 2020. Now clean from a lifetime of drugs, alcohol and broken relationships he is working part time while staying at the shelter, waiting for housing to open up. " It's been a long, hard, 30 years. I never had anyone to steer me in the right direction." "I learned through a lot of bad connections how to live terribly." " This place (Alpha Project) has been monumental in helping me connect to a job." Talking about his future and what he wants to do, which is help others through homelessness and drugs "Who's going to reliably help them but people like myself." When asked about what could more State funding be used for he said, "More money for housing and programs for jobs. Programs to get people focused again."

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 2: San Diego homeless shelters provide beds but also pose challenges

This La Jolla Light series looks at local homelessness, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Nov. 20, 2022
A homeless person's sleeping bag lays on Girard Avenue in La Jolla.

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 3: The ‘spiral effect’ of homelessness, mental illness and substance abuse

This La Jolla Light series looks at local homelessness, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Nov. 30, 2022
A homeless person sits among his belongings outside the La Jolla Recreation Center Dec. 2.

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 4: Homelessness and crime: Will La Jolla ‘lose our Village’?

The issue presents a quandary of how to ‘balance civil rights with the needs of the community,’ local police say.

Dec. 5, 2022
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 24: A homeless person rests on a street as a person walks by a TGI Fridays while the streets are empty due to the coronavirus on March 24, 2020 in Queens, New York City. New York City has about a third of the nations confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, making it the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 5: Communities nationwide take varying approaches to homelessness

This La Jolla Light series looks at local homelessness, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Dec. 12, 2022
Franz "Eddie" Krell is often seen in his chair around La Jolla.

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 6: La Jolla’s unsheltered voices

This La Jolla Light series looks at local homelessness, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Dec. 19, 2022
A homeless person reads near her things in La Jolla's Village.

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No Room to Rest — Series Part 7: In the search for solutions to homelessness, how is success defined?

This La Jolla Light series looks at local homelessness, explores the complicated factors that contribute to it and highlights the various viewpoints about potential solutions.

Dec. 26, 2022

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