Jobs are key to solving the city’s homeless issue, Mayor Tom Tait said, proposing Better Way Anaheim, an initiative for giving people opportunities to work while improving the community.
“A good job can transform a life,” said Tait, who is modeling his initiative after Albuquerque’s There’s a Better Way program. “It brings a person dignity and purpose. It focuses them on working with others to get a job done, and done well.”
“It would be basic work,” Anaheim spokesman Mike Lyster said.
Lyster said the initiative fits into the city’s ongoing effort to curb its homeless situation. A partnership with the nonprofit CityNet, launched in 2014, has resulted in 688 people finding stable housing or being reconnected with loved ones, and the city is looking at using shipping containers to create more housing, as has been done with the Potter’s Lane project in Midway City.
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