The row of tents lining a side street near Oceanside Boulevard looks alarming at first sight, and anyone passing by might expect to see the area overrun with the trash and clutter generally associated with homeless encampments.
McGough, 52, said he has been homeless off and on since he was 17, but also was married for 14 years, has held jobs and once owned a home in Oceanside. McGough began cleaning up the area, and that November he came up with a plan to create a small community on the block. With money he receives from Supplemental Security Income, he bought about six tents and some small carts, which he kept in a storage unit he rents across the street.
State should add more shelters for homeless Californians, permanent affordable housing, address root cause of homelessness and mandatory removal of tents from streets.
One is tempted to treat this as encouraging news, but in so many ways it just isn't easy for me to do that. A bit like treating a house fire as good news since no one was injured.
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