July 8, 2015 Digital and Print, LGBT Guide to the Palm Springs Desert Area.

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Weekender Guide

Oscar’s Cafe & Bar Thursday, Friday, Saturday catch the Carnival Cabaret hosted by James GYPSY Haake (The new Palm Spring Follies) Doors Open 6:30 pm Show Starts at 8 pm Friday: Frequency Fridays Dj Galaxy July 12 Angie Whitney 11am-2Pm July 25 CCBC RESORT JULY 10-12 SLING FLING WEEKEND BARRACKS July 11 Annual B&B squirt gun party!

TOOL SHED Serge Puis will be our DJ This Friday and Saturday 10 PM to 2 AM! TRYST BAR AND LOUNGE Palms Springs newest bar Karaoke Wednesday 9p

Events Idyllwild Lemon Lily Festival From 7/11/15 until 7/12/15 Bloom in the Desert HOT AUGUST NIGHTS bloominthedesert.org All are welcome.

August 14 @ 360 North Mid-Summer Dance Party Saturday, July 25at 8:00pm Palm Springs Pavilion 401 S Pavilion Way, Palm Springs Ca, 4

desertaidsproject.thankyou4caring.org Join us for a 1950’s themed dance party including two live DJ’s, Go-Go dancers, open bar and hors d’ouvres at the all-indoor, air conditioned, Palm Springs Pavillion.

Throwback Thursdays with Jersey Shore Returns August 6th The CAMP returns on Thursday, August 6th for a Special Summer Sing-A-Long Series beginning with the 50th Anniversary Celebration of “The Sound of Music”.

Come dressed as your favorite character and be ready to sing!

The 7th Annual Joshua Tree Gay Pride Festival EVOLUTION September 25-27, 2015 An Arts & Music Festival for the WHOLE family! http://www.joshuatreegaypride.com WET ‘N’ WILD WEDNESDAY $10 adult pool party at wet ‘n’ wild Every Wednesday in July 21+ For grown-ups only. Every Wednesday in July guests can enjoy music, drink specials and limited attractions.

FREE Friday Pool Parties at the Hard Rock!

The Saguaro Palm Springs Sunday FREE , Saturday $10 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EVERY THURSDAY Village Fest downtown Palm Springs

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Monday - from 8 PM to 2 AM $2 Well Vodka and $2 Well Bourbon Tuesday - 6 PM to 2 AM Free Pool, Leather Night $2 Bud or Bud lite Draft for those wearing leather Wednesday $3 Shots Jagermeister or Fireball All Day, O-69 Bingo Noon (Great Prizes!)

Thursday Pool Tournament 7 PM (Cash Prizes), Underwear Night 10 PM Happy Hour Prices Sunday for those in underwear Beer Bust All Day $1.75 Bud/Bud lite Draft Friday & Saturday Pool Tournament 1 PM DJ Serge 10 PM to 2 AM

TOOL SHED 600 E Sunny Dunes 760.320.3299

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Inside This Week’s Issue “Daily What’s Happening” Page 12 31 Business Directory 16 Carl’s Real-estate tips 36 Classifieds 25 Desert Center For Sexual Awareness 32 Trending Locally 33 Gay Resorts 42 Jersey’s Journal 26 Leather Realm 36 Massage Directory 31 Quote of the week 04 Weekender 43 The Last Word 35 The Center Schedule 42 Weekly Guide to Stars

Volume 21, Issue 1 July 8, 2015 to July 14, 2015

CELEBRATING 21 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE FOR AND ABOUT THE LGBT COMMUNITY

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Featured Bars & Restaurants

Bongo Johnny’s Patio Bar & Grille 214 East Arenas Road, PS, CA Tool Shed - Leather Bar 600 E Sunny Dunes Rd , PS, CA (760) 320-3299 10:00 am – 2:00 am

The Barracks - Leather Bar 67625 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC,CA 2:00 pm – 2:00 am Score - Local Bar 301 E Arenas Rd , PS, CA (760) 327-0753 6:00 am – 2:00 pm

2100 N. Palm Canyon Dr. , PS, CA Streetbar (760) 320-1266 224 E Arenas Rd , PS, CA DiGS (760) 321-0031 36-737 Cathedral Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Georgie’s Alibi (760) 325-5533 369 N Palm Canyon Dr , PS CA Studio One 11 (760) 328-2900 67555 E. Palm Canyon Dr. , CC, CA Chill bar (NEW) (760) 537-0172 217 E Arenas , PS, CA Hunters Palm Springs 10AM - 7:00 PM 302 E Arenas Rd , Palm Springs, CA Cafe Palette 315 East Arenas Road, PS, CA

BINGO Score Sat. 12pm

Tool Shed Wed. 12PM 0-69 Bingo

Legends of Palm Springs - Local Bar 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way , PS, CA (760) 656-8680 11:00 am – 12:00 am

Legends of Palm Springs Sat. 2PM Bingo With Cowboy Steve

Oscar’s Cafe & Bar - Inside/Outside 125 E Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 325-1188 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Tryst Wednesday 9pm

Pinocchio In the Desert - Rest. & Bar 134 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS, CA (760) 322-3776 7:30 am – 2:00 pm Rio Azul - Mexican Style Rest. and Bar (760) 992-5641 350 South Indian Cyn, PS, CA Sunshine Cafe - Family Style Rest.

36815 Cathedral Canyon Drive, CC, CA (760) 328-1415 6:00 am – 9:00 pm

More Bars & Restaurants SpurLine (760) 778-4326 200 S Indian Canyon Dr , PS, CA Toucan’s Tiki Lounge (760) 416-7584

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KARAOKE POOL

Tool Shed Free Pool 6-10 PM Tues.

Thurs. 7pm & Sun. 3PM 8 Ball tournament Barracks Mon 7p

HAPPY HOUR

Tryst Everyday til 8p Oscars - Mon-Fri 2p-7p Score - Everyday 6a-8p Tool Shed - Mon-Fri 10a-8p S&S 8a-8p Pinocchio - Everyday 7:30a-2p Rio Azul - Wed-Sun 4p-7p Barracks - Mon-Sat 2p-2p Sun Bev Bus Bongo Johnny’s Patio Bar & Grill 5$ Bottomless Mimosas w/food purchase

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $2 Rolling Rock Bottles all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Chili Relleno & Eggs $9.75, Lunch Special Bacon Guacamole Cheeseburger $10.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8:00pm; $3 Jager Shots All Day Long 12:00 PM Tool Shed The Original O-69 Bingo at 12 Noon 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Legends of Palm Springs 2-4-1 Happy Hour 2 to 7 PM 3:00 PM Oscars Happy Hour 3 7PM Sunshine Cafe Dinner Special Chicken Enchiladas $12.95 4:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs Trivia 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour 5-7 PM 6:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs Karaoke Jo 6 PM to 10 PM 8:00 PM Barracks Underwear Night 9:00 PM Tool Shed Wet Weds! $2 Drafts ‘til Midnight

7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8:00pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9 p 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Oscars Happy Hour to 7PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour to 2-7 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM Street Fair Crispy Tacos $2 6:00 PM Palm Springs Village Fest 7:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tournament 8:00 PM Barracks SPANK! Fetish Social Night Tool Shed Underwear Night 10:00 PM Barracks THRUST featuring Art with his men and DJ Mixtress Victoria 7:00 PM Hard Rock CafeF LIRT Bella da Ball-

FRIDAY, JULY 10TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $7 Belvedere Vodka all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special California Chipotle Benedict $10.50, Lunch Special Fish and Chips $10.25 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne!

6:00 AM $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis Score Happy Hour til 8 PM 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s Score $4 Budweiser 25 ounce cans all day 10:00 AM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Carne Asada Tool Shed Happy Hour til 8pm and Eggs $10.25, Lunch Special Meatloaf or 11:00 AM Meatloaf Sandwich $9.75 Oscars 11 - 10 Visit us at desertdailyguide.com and Like us2:00 on PM Facebook.com/desertdailyguide 13

THURSDAY, JULY 9TH

Barracks Happy Hour to 8PM Oscars Happy Hour to 7PM Legends of Palm Springs 2p - 7:30p 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margarita $5 Hunters FUR 7:00 PM Barracks Fund Raisers & Cruise Night Spurline show tunes 8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts

SATURDAY, JULY 11TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour until 8 PM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chili Verde Omelet or burrito $9.95 or salmon Benedict $10.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 8:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s Oscars 8a -10p Brunch until 2 PM $5 Bloody Mary’s, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Happy Hour til 8pm; Rehab with Doctor Tom until 2 PM 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM Score12:00 Noon Bingo 1:00 PM Legends of Palm Springs $3 Holler - Beer, Hot

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Dog, & Chips till 5pm 2:00 PM Legends Bingo With Cowboy Steve Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM DiGS MARM-A-RAMA Spin the Wheel Drinks 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul House Margaritas $5 7:00 PM DiGS Country Western Roundup!

8:00 PM Streetbar VJ Rob Roberts Spurline show tunes 10:00 PM

Toucans DJ GoGO Boys

SUNDAY, JULY 12TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM Score $4 Cucumber or Southern Mary all day 7:00 AM Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Eggs Benedict $10.25 7:30 AM Pinocchio Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis. Get a Martini BURGER! 8:00 AM Oscars 8a - 2a Brunch til 2 PM $5 Bloody Marys, $9 Bottomless Mimosas Tool Shed Cheap Beer Day $1.75 16 oz. Bud or Bud Light Drafts From Open ‘Til Close, Happy Hour until 8pm 8:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 11:00 AM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 11 to 7 PM 1:00 PM Tool Shed 8-Ball Tourn.

Legends Karaoki Brunch 1-5pm SpurLine Beer Bust until 7:00 2:00 PM Barracks Beer Bust All Day Long 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 4:00 PM Oscars Sunday Funday Tea Dance

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5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 To 7 PM 7:00 PM Streetbar “Miss Fern” 8:00 PM Tool Shed Weekend Wrap-Up Night Toucans The Playgirls bring you shows every Sunday at 8 and 10 PM.

MONDAY, JULY 13TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM $7 Belvedere Vodka all day Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special Pork Chile Verde Omelet or Burrito $9.95 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martinis 9:00 AM Bongo Johnny’s 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8 PM 11:00 AM Oscars 11a - 9p Happy Hour All Day $7 Burgers & Fries 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour to 8 PM $1.50 Drafts All Day Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour from 2 to 7 PM 2-4-1 cocktails 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 5:00 PM Rio Azul Happy Hour from 5 PM To 7 PM 7:00 PM Barracks Free Pizza & Beer Bust Prices Hunters Service Ind. Night SpurLine Original One & Only Showtunes

Sunshine Cafe Breakfast Special 1/2 french toast w/ bacon, eggs $8.75, Lunch Special 1/2 sandwich/soup or salad $8.75 7:30 AM Pinocchio Everyday Bottomless Champagne! $2.50 Well Drinks & Martini 10:00 AM Tool Shed Happy Hour until 8pm 11:00 AM Oscars 11a 9p Happy Hour All Day Azul Bella da Ball Cabaret Variety Revue 2:00 PM Barracks Happy Hour until 8 PM Legends of Palm Springs Happy Hour 2 to 7 PM 3:00 PM Sunshine Cafe Daily Dinner Special $9.95 6:00 PM Tool Shed Free Pool 6 PM to 10 PM Hunters Trivia Tuesday!

TUESDAY, JULY 14TH

6:00 AM Score Happy Hour til 8 PM $2 PBR Tallboys and Free Pool all day

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LEATHER REALM by Dave Murdock Most of you have been in a bar and noticed someone wearing a vest festooned with multicolored heraldic pins and/or back patches. Sometimes the vest is made of denim, especially if the owner belongs to a motorcycle club, but, most often today it’s made of leather. But what do all the pins and patches mean? Generically they’re called friendship pins or run pins or club colors, and the whole thing started, you guessed it, back in the days of the first gay motorcycle clubs in Southern California that began the biker look that was adopted by the Leather community. When going to a club sponsored event (or “run”) the members of that clubs wanted some way to distinguish themselves and to honor their organizations, and so the back patch was born. To commemorate a specific run special pins were made, sometimes just with the club emblem and year, sometimes with slogans and sometimes just the logo and year (the variety only limited by the imagination of the designers). They first adorned the cloth motorcycle caps then in general use that have been more or less replaced by the typical leather biker/confederate style cap or the more formal Muir cap. The shift to wearing leather vests adorned with pins probably began with Oedipus Motorcycle club in LA in the early 70’s who began the practice of wearing run pins on leather sashes that were worn for formal events.

The designs on the back patches are obviously meant to denote that you are a member of that specific club or organization.

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Sometimes they are extremely heraldic, and only utilize symbols, like the 3 pronged spear of worn by members of Trident International, sometimes they include at least a part of the name, like the opposing mace and flogger surrounding the number 13 emblazoned on a black leather glove that sit under the words “Chicago Hellfire Club”. Especially when the patch is only a symbol it’s perfectly appropriate to politely approach someone and as what organization the patch signifies and even what the symbol itself means. Now, don’t get upset if they don’t know, sometimes the meaning behind the symbol gets lost in the clubs history, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes the meaning is obvious as with a trident standing for TRIDENT, other times it’s much less obvious. Avatar Club Los Angeles central logo is that of an artists rendition of the first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet! Sometimes they’re very simple, again using Trident as an example, and sometimes they’re extremely complex, each color and pattern having a meaning, similar to heraldry.

While it’s important to club members to know the meanings of the emblems they wear, it’s not as important, except as an intellectual exercise, for non-members to understand the exact meaning. What is important, however, is the meaning behind whether something is a run pin or the club colors. Run pins are given out to those who attend specific events, be it a motorcycle club run or the anniversary of a bar or organization. There’s Continued on page 41

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July 11th, 2015 Monday Latin Nights at Toucans Tiki Lounge every Monday. Drink specials and a fantastic all Spanish Drag Show at 10pm SUNDAY!!! IT’S GETTING HOT IN HERE! Toucan’s Tiki Lounge presents TOMMI ROSE & THE PLAYGIRLS Get your Leather Pride VIP or individual event tickets today!

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JERSEY’S JOURNAL by Jersey Shore I heard the juiciest story about you the other day. I heard it from that guy who knew you a year ago. Or he saw you walking around Arena. It’s got to be true because that guy who you met a year ago said so. Are you that gullible that you believe everything you read and hear? Of course you must know I am being sarcastic. If you don’t, then I also wonder what else you believe. That drunken gay drama.

I avoid it like the plague. Life is too short for gossip and drama and here say.

If I decide to go on line and read something, even if it’s regarding health issues or something informational, I think of the source and use my best judgment to find my answer. So much of what is on the world wide web is fabricated. ANY fool with a computer and too much time on their hands can create anything they want. Well fabricate me into one rich bitch! Then I can buy a private island and get the fudge outta Dodge.

I don’t hear too much said about me. I try very hard to be a good person, but I am human. I’ve have had some obstacles and if someone wants to TRY to bring me down, then all I have to say is Good Luck to you, ya vicious prick! It comes back three fold. Apparently your life is lacking something like depth and feeling. Apparently you are miserable and well, you did it to yourself. It’s not my problem. I have 40

a great life and you being jealous of my life or successes means nothing to me.

It’s kinda pathetic because my life is very dull, so that means your life must really suck donkey balls, and if you like sucking donkey balls then I guess your life IS better! Add that fact to your Wikipedia entry. That might be the one true fact on that site!

Peace, Love and Truth, Jersey Contact Jersey @ Dragapalooza@aol.com or follow on Facebook @ Jersey Shore.

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also friendship pins, so called because they are meant to be distributed to friends of a specific organization, and, many times the friendship pins are highly prized because it means you have been recognized by that organization, or at least by one of it’s members, as being worthy to wear their pin. Club colors, on the other hand, are supposed to be worn only by members of that specific organization. Most clubs have patches that are only given to full members of the club, and, sometimes a slightly different version if you are an associate member. In either case it is considered in extremely bad form to wear the back patch of an organization to which you don’t belong, unless of course you have been made an honorary member of that club. In most cases if you withdraw from a club you turn in your colors because you are no longer a member.

Many people have several vests, more typically the bar vests are covered in pins that denote one’s history in the leather community. Other times the vest only has one or two pins that have special significance to the wearer. In either case when wearing a vest that is ornamented by your club colors it usually is a club sanction that while wearing the colors you will refrain from embarrassing behavior because you are acting as a representative of the club.

So there, the history and meanings of colors and pins in a little over 700 words.

Dave Murdock

Transgender Notes

Thanks to three people the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles will no longer dictate how transgender residents can dress for driver’s license photos, reversing a policy that many LGBT advocates consider unconstitutional. The state formally changed its policy July 1 after three transgender women threatened to sue, saying they were harassed or forced to remove makeup while trying to update their driver’s license. Michael Silverman, executive director of the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, said the changes in West Virginia and South Carolina showed that government officials were being forced to become more cognizant of the way they treated transgender people.

Suport Groups www.translifeline.org This line is primarily for transgender people experiencing a crisis US: (877) 565-8860 Canada: (877) 330-6366 The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis.

Phone: 1-800-SUICIDE // 1-800-7842433 Also: 1-800-273-TALK // 1-800-2738255 Para obtener asistencia durante las 24 horas, llame al 1-888-628-9454

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THAT IS FUNNY Birthdays are kinda funny in a way that we get presents for basically not dying for a year.

I hate when doctors ask “how are you?”

I’m at the doctors office how the fuck do you think I am!

Don’t be that person who gets bitten by a zombie but keeps it a secret from the rest of your group.

My sisters friend brought brownies in cupcake wrappers to my house and I picked one up and turned it over and noticed there were Oreos baked into the bottom so I gasped and said to my dad “THESE ARE NOT REGULAR BROWNIES” and my dads eyes went so wide and he whispered “pot?”

Before you send someone an ugly message perhaps ex-foliate your skin, set some life goals and contemplate why you’ve reached this point.

WEEKLY GUIDE TO THE STARS ARIES: March 20 - April 18: Emotions aren’t things to be ignored. A tiff could turn into something much more complicated if left unaddressed.

TAURUS: April 19 - May 19: You may find yourself in deep, but you’re not a person that crumbles. Endure it as best you can.

GEMINI: May 20 - June 19: Did you get all your documents in order? loose ends could still exists and cause delays.

CANCER: June 20 - July 21: Try not to be so sensitive Things that lie beneath the surface may very well pays off in a good way. Avoid looking to deep into good luck.

LEO: July 22 - Aug. 21: He is here.

The sooner you look, the faster you’ll end that single streak.

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VIRGO: Aug. 22 - Sept. 21: This is your time to play in the deep end of the pool. Still watters run deep and your thoughts need time to be sorted. Dont hurry complicated issues.

LIBRA: Sept. 22 - Oct. 21: This is not your week for relationship building. Dont try too hard or the one you want might run.

SCORPIO: Oct. 22 - Nov. 20: You kuck may change this week if your eyes are wide open. Take time to study all things that come your way. The one that seems too good might be the best option.

SAGITTARIUS: Nov. 21 - Dec. 20: Don’t let people step on your plans this week. You have a trip that will include an unexpected bonus.

CAPRICORN: Dec. 21 - Jan. 18: Some one is following you so watch and follow back. There is a problem your not adressing and its causing back strain.

AQUARIUS: Jan. 19 - Feb. 17: Keep a problem to yourself if its tyhe other person, if its impacting you let it out. You are the big truck to help eveyone elase but few can help you, comserve some energy for you.

PISCES: Feb. 18 - March 19: Wow last week was a tailspin right?

But you hung in there and got it all done. Try to remeber this the next time it all seems hopeless because now you know Scarlet, tomorrow in another day!

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THE LAST WORD by George W. Zander When I spoke in December, 2014 about taking care of our unhoused population in our city, I threw out the idea, based on a discussion at the Police Advisory Board meeting. Something needed to be done which was not just using PSPD time and energy. At the first council meeting in January, the mayor thanked me for my comments and appointed Ms. Foat and himself as a sub-committee to form a Task Force on the issue. And now today is July 1st. And we have not progressed.

Homeless encampments and resources are needed. It is important that we fight for them because of what we can do for people’s day-to-day quality of life is paramount to being a top tier city. Homelessness encampments are absolutely necessary today for someone who is on our streets. They are temporary, yes, but they are important. They are a first step toward something bigger and better opportunities for our residents’ lives. They provide needed shelter, security, resources and hope. They give folks an address. They can give folks a way back.

One of the most important political points that needs to be emphasized is that for the most part, when you hear elected folks saying, “Oh, we can’t be regulating or allowing encampments in various parts of the city, that’s not a real solution.” That’s not it, it is

simply a reason not to do something that can really help people Nearly every morning as I go to my local Warm Sands Starbucks, are the visions.

Yesterday. 2 boys, probably under 18 were sitting in the parking lot and one was crying. I asked what they needed and they said water..so I went inside and grabbed a couple of bottles of water...that ends my knowledge ... or folks sleeping on the porch of the EQCA office- they simply need water and the bathroom..but I know they appreciated it. Also 40% of LGBT kids are homeless in this state. Many are victims of human trafficking. We need to reach out to our bothers and sisters in the LGBT community. What better city to do something.

I will end with a plea do not wait..we still have 3 months of summer remaining. Our residents are suffering.

From Martin Luther King,Jr., his words sum it up. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history there is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is the time for vigorous and positive action.”

Thank you. I look forward to working together with all on this community challenge. .....

George W. Zander Field Manager, Equality California 760.409.0208 george.zander@eqca.org Visit us at desertdailyguide.com and Like us on Facebook.com/desertdailyguide

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