Host Siyamak Khorrami sits down with Christian Pineda, a former homeless shelter employee in San Diego. His experience could reflect what’s going on across California and homeless shelters. We also had a chance to talk with Scott Silverman, an addiction recovery expert who has been in the homeless nonprofit industry for many years.
“Inside the shelter, it felt like for every $100 that was donated 75 went to admin, 25 to the people. No one’s talking about there’s a huge elephant that people need to fix,” Mr. Pineda said, “If we just keep on throwing money at this every year, if the money goes up and the homeless population goes up as well, does the math really add up?”
