Select quotes from homeless individuals in Fresno, California.
“It's going to take an effort of the community to erase the problem because you can't erase people. We are not magically going to disappear.” Yellowfeather Noriega
“I never thought that I was going to be on the street….I once had everything a car, a job, friends, everything.” Mai Yang
"A lot of people don't realize they're a job loss away from being homeless." Brittani Fanciullo
“Sometimes life the way you know it doesn't happen to somebody else… Not everybody that's homeless is an addict, some have mental issues, some are just down on their luck.” Yellowfeather Noriega
“People are out here because they just…don't have any place else to go.” Nolan Morgan
“Life on the streets in Fresno is an everyday struggle.” Brittani Fanciullo
“When you are out there on the streets you see all kinds of things that are ugly.” Susan R.
"Life on the streets is hard. Some people say, 'Life is what you make it,' and all that stuff. And yes, that's true, but it's also hard." Jesse M.
