Shores of Hope

Not a professionally run place at all. No management giving direction. No mission statement. No one EVER answers phones or sits at the reception desk. All open and abandoned: office, office machines, paperwork. Meanwhile any one can and does come into the building. The place needs a visible public face. I have a sneaking suspicion that all the employees are at risk people trying to get professional experience but someone on site should be in charge. As a lark, call their number: 1−916−372−0200. Listen to a very, VERY long message. Pick ‘transitional housing” extension 1010. Still with me? Hear the woman’s name. No option to leave a message… the phone rings and rings and rings. Then you egt an option: «to reach this person’s cellphone, press 2,» «to reach this person’s fax machine, press 3.» Okay, well, press for the cell, right? Except, the message that would get you is, «that extension is not valid.» Okay, so, the options for extensions include Child care, ITT, Housing, Accounting, Transportation. Transportation’s message? «This is Steve.» See, who is running this Dog & Pony Show? Someone is getting paid and making money here, but where are they? I am going to shake some cages and get someone in the government to audit these people and see exactly what they do and who is actually doing it. I think the very most basic standards for any agency or business need to met here.

My husband and I visited Broderick Christian Center some years back. Hubby volunteered there with food distribution a while back. They’ve had a fire since then and have been the focus of a unified effort by churches in West Sac to get rebuilt. The other review with a one star must not have known that or he/​she wouldn’t have give such a negative opinion. I was told about the embezzlement. That’s a tough deal. Does that mean the guys picking up the pieces of a deeply rooted organization here should give up? I have taught kids from families that lived in their housing for a time. They felt safe. This is the go to place for many families and it is well– respected in the community.

Horrible horrible place. From the outside it looks like a condemned building. There is a pre-​school on site, and I wonder how anyone can feel safe dropping children off here. Especially when they also operate, on site, a clean needle program for drug addicts, and give food and supplies to homeless people. Pick a mission and stay with it! If you operate a pre-​school, don’t offer programs for adults with drug problems, mental problems, and homelessness issues. It’s common sense. The surrounding neighborhood, for the most part, does not support it’s mission, or the condition of the grounds, yet they refuse to clean up the appearance of the building or plant some grass.

I am a resident and home-​owner in West Sacramento, CA, and I am writing because of the on-​going issues created with the location of the Broderick Christian Center. The Broderick Christian Center is located at 110 6^th Street in West Sacramento, a residential area and also the street that I live on. I feel the location of this facility increases danger and crime in the neighborhood as well as creates an unfavorable community.
Here are a few examples of my issues and concerns;
* Every Wednesday people line up along 6^th Street to receive food and donations provided by the Broderick Christian Center. They constantly block and walk across the street, not abiding to vehicles.
* They constantly leave trash and loiter around the residential area of 6^th Street.
* There is no hired security or sense of safety — most of people are homeless who are either drug-​addicted or mentally unstable or both.
* They camp-​out in the alley and along 6^th Street, with shopping carts and dogs.
* They urinate in public and have no disregard for the home-​owners and residents.
As a concerned citizen of West Sacramento, I feel that a facility such as the Broderick Christian Center is a big problem for the residents and community. I’ve spoken with several friends, family, and neighbors and we all agree that 6^th Street would benefit greatly from the re-​location of the Broderick Christian Center.
Homelessness is a horrible issue that I don’t wish upon anyone and I think people have to have somewhere to go, but it’s definitely not in a residential neighborhood. The Broderick Christian Center is creating a negative impact in the area. The best way to address this matter is by moving this facility to another non-​residential location.

great place for resources and food