7 days ago
For Homeless Cyclists, Bikes Bring an Escape From the Streets
On an overcast Thursday morning in late June, a group of men gathered outside of Father Joe's Villages, a low-slung complex of salmon-colored, Spanish-style structures at 16th Street and Imperial Avenue in San Diego's East Village neighborhood. Founded by a Catholic bishop in 1950, it's now the city's largest homeless services provider, offering many things for the more than 10,000 people living on the streets: compassion, food, help with housing and social services.
But the nearly two dozen men milling around and swapping stories on the sidewalk simply want to ride.
