Kawasaki Finally Moves… To A Motel.
Last Friday several of the remaining community members were transported to a motel. As usual Kawasaki was about the only person who freely allowed me to photography him.
I met Katherine Martinez the homeless housing supervisor for the Office of Homeless Assistance Programs for the City of Miami. She’s the one [...]

Last night Kawasaki had a little going away party. More on that later. No he’s waiting for the pick up to take him to the motel. He says that he’s got a duplex waiting he can more into soon with one of the other guys. Melvin left this morning. Kawasaki said that Melvin really didn’t [...]

How can a government evict someone from a public space which they occupy only because of laws by the same government preventing them from living somewhere else?

This blog begins at what seems like the end. After more than 3 years the Causeway Community is dwindling. Assistance has come from a religious organization and most of the registered sex offenders (RSO’s) living on the Julia Tuttle causeway have been relocated. The signs that marked the entrances to “Bookville” have been taken down and replaced with trespass warnings. Most of the shacks have been demolished and most of the tents are gone.