In October, my organization led a delegation of 60 California public and private sector leaders — including the heads of homelessness for San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland — to San Antonio, Texas. We went there to learn from its example in singularly reversing what had been a growing homelessness crisis — achieving an 80 percent […]
Scot Bertram is joined by two guests with different viewpoints regarding our approach to the homelessness crisis. First on the show is Mark A. Calabria, a senior advisor to the Cato Institute. Later, we hear from Mary L. G. Theroux, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Independent Institute. You can find Mark on X, formerly Twitter, at @MarkCalabria and Mary at @MaryTheroux1.
As a native Wichitan, I never expected my work on San Francisco homelessness to bring me home. But as it turns out, Wichita has the greatest potential to become the national model for successfully addressing homelessness. If it succeeds, Wichita can add resolving homelessness to its list of enterprising successes.
Independent Institute Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux is interviewed on The Breakdown with Cassandra Bielas on SiriusXM Channel 167. They discuss homelessness and housing policies that have failed in North America, and also point to where the issue is being addressed and working to help people break the cycle of addiction, which often leads to homelessness. The model that is working is highlighted in the film Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope, which was narrated by Mary Theroux.
A recent Miami Herald editorial criticized a proposal by the Miami Beach Commission to ban people from sleeping outdoors, which would make homeless encampments targets for police. As the editorial argued, we cannot arrest our way out of homelessness.
Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux interviewed on One America News Network (OANN)
Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux interviewed on TNT radio
Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux interviewed on Live in the Bay on KRON-TV
Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux, narrator of “Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” interviewed on KPTS-TV, PBS Wichita, KS
Independent Institute Chairman and CEO Mary L. G. Theroux Op-Ed on FoxNews.com