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June 15, 2018

Homeless Vets Aren’t Much Different from You and Me

This column is about putting a face to Ventura County’s homeless veterans. Each of them is, I assure you, not much different from you and me, with their own unique backstory and purpose. How do I know this? What makes me the expert? Because I am a veteran—and 11 months ago I was homeless right […]

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May 16, 2018

Rafael Stoneman: New Column Takes a Closer Look at Veterans’ Issues

When I heard from the staff at Gold Coast Veterans Foundation about Mikey Simpson, 56, a homeless veteran who grew up in Camarillo, I was determined to find him. I wanted to talk to him about his story, get to know him and help any way I could to get him his new prosthetic leg. […]

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May 11, 2018

Rafael Stoneman: How to Motivate, Not Dominate

Helping Homeless People; Helping Homeless Veterans

In Hector Gonzalez’s May 4 article “We’re not ignoring them,” he asked a relevant question about how to help homeless people: “How do you help those that refuse the help?” The immediate answer is you can’t. But, as someone who has been on the other end of that question a few times, I suggest that […]