Mayor's “Coldly Negligent” Budget Cuts Threaten Buster's Place

In Mid-March, Shaun Fausz, 25, blond and fresh-faced, left his aunt’s house in Pasco, Washington. Walking to Portland, Oregon, he spent the last of his money on Amtrak fare to San Francisco seeking work on ships. He stumbled onto St. Anthony’s. Directed to Buster’s Place, he showered and slept all night in a chair. Shaun sat talking to me among 100 or so homeless people, mostly men, quietly conversing or dozing at Buster’s Place Drop-In Center at 211 13th Street.

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