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Danielle Dawson
@daniellemdawson.bsky.social
reporter at investigate west via report for america. columbia journ & uci alum. oxford comma stan. all views are my own. she/her.
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Wrapping up my first week in Oregon reporting for @investigatewest.bsky.social by way of Report for America, so I feel like it is as good a time as any to put the bat signal out for story tips!

Got an idea? Reach me at [email protected]!!
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HUD now requires unhoused people get treatment or enroll in other services if they want federally-funded permanent housing. Oregon providers say that conflicts with the state's funding requirements - forcing them to choose between federal or state dollars
www.investigatewest.org/oregon-homel...
Oregon groups: Trump’s overhaul will worsen homeless crisis
New rules for a federal homeless housing program require people get treatment if they want housing — a big departure from the past
www.investigatewest.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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After the maternity ward in Baker City, Oregon closed in 2023, Teela Banister and her husband had to drive nearly an hour to get to a hospital with an obstetrics unit. She ended up giving birth in this car, about halfway to the hospital. investigatewest.org/rural-oregon-t
September 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wrapping up my first week in Oregon reporting for @investigatewest.bsky.social by way of Report for America, so I feel like it is as good a time as any to put the bat signal out for story tips!

Got an idea? Reach me at [email protected]!!
July 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Reposted by Danielle Dawson
🧵San Diego County supervisors voted unanimously today to back Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe's proposal that the county start talks to add up to 30 new behavioral health inpatient beds at Paradise Valley Hospital and take a series of other steps to bolster local offerings.
January 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Good homelessness news: @rtfhsd.bsky.social reports that the number of newly housed San Diegans outpaced the number who became homeless for the second month in a row after 2+ years with the opposite trend.

Report link: tinyurl.com/3k4t5cda
January 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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🚨 Red Flag Warning issued January 8 at 1:39PM PST until January 10 at 6:00PM PST by NWS San Diego CA 🚨
Additional Details Here.(1/2)
January 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Reposted by Danielle Dawson
Former Texas Rep. Scott Turner spent nine seasons in the NFL, including in San Diego, and now chairs the Trump-affiliated Center for Education Opportunity at the America First Policy Institute.
Trump names former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner to lead Housing and Urban Development
HUD is bracing for possible budget cuts, something the first Trump administration proposed but was unable to get through Congress. Other changes could restrict who gets rental aid.
www.npr.org
November 23, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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Cicero was a very wise man
November 14, 2024 at 6:21 AM