Amie Zamudio
@amie_zamudio
Followers
4,230
Following
746
Media
16,413
Statuses
71,057
Homeless Advocate #HousingIsHealthcare
San Diego, CA
Joined October 2016
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
Drake
• 1722789 Tweets
Meet the Grahams
• 232413 Tweets
Family Matters
• 172674 Tweets
#بدر_بن_عبدالمحسن
• 148180 Tweets
みどりの日
• 144128 Tweets
Kdot
• 94637 Tweets
Óscar Puente
• 55317 Tweets
結束バンド
• 52477 Tweets
京都新聞杯
• 44108 Tweets
#StarWarsDay
• 34803 Tweets
スペイン村
• 33069 Tweets
Bournemouth
• 25611 Tweets
#超こどもの日
• 23990 Tweets
Bad Apple
• 21480 Tweets
#MayThe4th
• 20635 Tweets
#MUSICFAIR
• 16854 Tweets
الفردوس الاعلي
• 15848 Tweets
رياض الجنه
• 15385 Tweets
الامير الشاعر
• 15157 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
Despite Need, Care Facilities for Homeless Patients Are Underutilized
Recuperative care facilities set up to give homeless people with health issues places to recover saw plummeting referrals following state Medi-Cal reforms in 2022.
@LisaHalverstadt
2
3
10
This goes on all the time in San Diego for people experiencing
#homelessness
Hospital Patient dumped right straight into a homeless sweep.
👇🏼
350
2K
10K
Another busy night in Hillcrest San Diego.
This is our reality
112
473
5K
“I have a lot of veterans who would have welcomed the opportunity to live in one of those trailers,” she said. “To me, this is complete incompetence.”
@amie_zamudio
@Housing4Hmless
114
1K
4K
Senior Earl & I are still out here trying to get medically compromised people experiencing
#homelessness
a safe place to go. It’s difficult when there aren’t shelter beds in
Hillcrest San Diego.
RIP Mr B, Earl & I will never forget you Sir. Your Black life mattered to us.
76
435
3K
RIP Mr B
Discharged from a hospital in
Hillcrest San Diego
to the streets while experiencing
#homelessness
with no where to go on 9/22/2022
64
295
3K
PSA- I hope the hospitals are able to think long & hard before discharging medically compromised people experiencing
#homelessness
back to the streets in Hillcrest San Diego
without a safe place to go in this rain.
We don’t want the EMT’s to have to bring them back again.🚑
53
296
2K
Our population of people experiencing
#homelessness
in San Diego is disproportionately Black.
On
#MLKDay2023
the San Diego Homelessness Response Center will be closed.
Please let this sink in.
107
479
2K
This is so unbelievably typical night after night in San Diego. People are exited from hospitals in hospital socks with no where to go and cry out for help while security just watches. This is a medical & humanitarian disaster 24/7 365days a year.
98
489
2K
Since I was just thrown out of hospital in
Hillcrest San Diego by security w my senior friend who is experiencing
#homelessness
& the victim of an elder abuse & hate crime assault we will try a new hospital now.
68
256
2K
Hi
@KUSINews
welcome to
Hillcrest San Diego right next to the hospitals. Maybe you will meet some medically compromised people experiencing
#homelessness
on this street corner or at the bus bench who were discharged in the middle of the night with no where to go.
66
378
2K
I will be at
Mr B’s bus bench holding space for him
Sunday January 22
at
3:30pm
126 W Washington St
Hillcrest San Diego
RIP Mr B
18
95
2K
Here w senior
Mr G who is experiencing
#homelessness
This is
Hillcrest San Diego under the failed leadership of
@MayorToddGloria
&
@SupFletcher
Mr G was taken to a hospital yesterday in an ambulance & discharged.
Mr G does not want to die on a sidewalk like Mr B did 9/22
45
269
1K
We are still looking for Ryan Lim
We have updated his photo.
Please contact his family (510) 495-9941
Or
@amie_zamudio
(858) 952-2143
#SanDiego
31
1K
1K
We at
@Housing4Hmless
want to thank everyone who walked alongside Todd. We brought him in to hotel room many months ago & he was on hospice care. His furry companion Sasha got to stay by his side.
RIP Todd until we meet again my friend
29
151
1K
T who is experiencing
#homelessness
in Hillcrest San Diego
& just helped me with two more seniors discharged from the hospital back to the streets & I are sitting in the car & we cry together.
Does anyone see or hear us in San Diego?
RIP Mr B
52
237
1K
Thank you
@MrArmandking
& Ms Essie for showing up for our community.
Fentanyl has taken the lives of many in San Diego both housed & unhoused.
16
91
963
Day In & Day Out right here in the heart of Hillcrest
in between two hospitals.
It never ends & we on the frontlines stay in a perpetual loop.
This is our reality.
7:50pm
1/21/2023
29
116
954
Mrs Franklin
@AndriaFrankli13
& me just pulled another
Black Woman
who had been trapped in the
San Diego Riverbed
The tent wasn’t keeping her safe so we got her a hotel room with a door that locks.
She too was dear friends with Mr B
20
140
853
“Our city is gravely failing to take care of people experiencing homelessness," said
@amie_zamudio
an advocate with
@Housing4Hmless
”
18
163
779
754 Days since I first started putting medically compromised people experiencing
#homelessness
in hotel rooms. Many were rotating in & out of hospitals. Many are alive & housed today on 1/24/2023
But not Mr B
@SupFletcher
@MayorToddGloria
@SeanEloRiveraD9
@CMWhitburnD3
13
96
673
We have a few documented hepatitis cases in
#SanDiego
. One person has already died. Our Emergency Departments already have a hard time properly serving people experiencing
#homelessness
in Hillcrest.
I wonder what our EMT’s have to say about all of this? 🤔
13
114
629
Please join me in providing a hotel room for Earl & Marcus who are victims of a hateful assault while experiencing homelessness in Hillcrest San Diego. Both are service connected but their homeless services providers are unable to provide them with one
15
185
620
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home
Sitting w an OG at
Mr B’s bus bench.
RIP Mr B
Coldplay - Fix You
4
35
608
“Amie you are wasting your time on Wyatt”
“Who’s Wyatt?” Wyatt went to MBHS & LJHS in the ‘70’s. We got him out of the Sports Arena encampment.
“Wyatt Earp, who spent 35 years homeless, now has a place to call home thanks to
@Housing4Hmless
”
10
74
549
Another yellow tarp at 6:50am on
#ValentinesDay
right where Mr B died on 9/22/2022 in Hillcrest San Diego after a hospital discharge to the streets with no where to go while experiencing
#homelessness
“A former nurse speaks out..”
15
141
502
@SupFletcher
@MayorToddGloria
@SanDiegoPD
sitting here w a lady who tested positive for Covid yesterday. She is stranded out here on the
#SanDiego
street. The Officer here does not know how to get her into the county hotel. The shopping carts have a place to go, just not people.
10
150
453
Hi
@MayorToddGloria
&
@CMWhitburnD3
did you know that Mr B & me used to talk about Wade-Ins?
How Civil Rights Wade-Ins Desegregated Southern Beaches | HISTORY
9
123
468
Medical transport to our hotel for seniors experiencing
#homelessness
.
Of course not all of the elders require this level of higher care but some definitely do.
10:02am
1/14/2023
4
38
432
I’ve been out here in Hillcrest since about 2am. A bunch of people are cold & need a safe place to go. Can anyone join me out here? Bring a few ADA vans & keys to doors that lock please. Todd & Nathan aren’t responding.
“A former nurse speaks out…”
5
94
439
A former nurse speaks out about a San Diego hospital allegedly rushing homeless patients out and back onto the streets
Others say 'patient dumping' is a common occurrence at hospitals throughout the region
13
132
452
Good Morning
@MayorToddGloria
There is another woman who works hard too. Her name is Ketra Carter now cut the check so
#she
can DO the things you don’t do.
Photo- Sports Arena
7
24
380
Thank you
@MrArmandking
for responding to my call for help out here in the streets last year.
I look forward to hitting the streets with you again Sunday morning
1/22/2023
Since this day last year I have lost a lot of friends because of fentanyl & we have a lot of work to do.
5
40
351
Again, this is so unbelievably typical night after night and day after day in San Diego. People are exited from hospitals with no where to go and cry out for help. Then another 911 call is made.
This is a medical & humanitarian disaster 24/7 365days a year.
3
28
357
Allegations of 'patient dumping'
Her testimony comes as San Diego's City Attorney is pursuing a lawsuit against Scripps Health for allegedly dumping homeless patients on the streets without basic care or a treatment plan.
8
66
347
Staying warm this winter: How cold affects those most vulnerable | Poverty and Development News | Al Jazeera
5
66
332
“If you don’t move in the next 3hours you will be arrested & your RV towed”
(Gas money delivered to
#HER
)
6
28
299
Tara Stamos-Buesig me getting the job done.
We keep us safe.
#women
#homelessness
#riverbed
#sandiego
3
18
292
It is raining and there there are not enough places for people to experiencing
#homelessness
to go to be safe in San Diego.
17
32
292
Christine says she saw homeless people walking in their hospital gowns around Hillcrest and Mission Hills on a regular basis.
6
52
285
“But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
Like a heartbeat, drives you mad
In the stillness of remembering what you had
And what you lost
And what you had
And what you lost”
RIP Mr B
Hillcrest San Diego
9/22/2022
2
11
206
@LisaGrande13
It is extremely challenging to secure proper housing for seniors & people with disabilities.
6
5
205
Thank you Dez for staying out here in the streets looking out for your community & helping us with
@Housing4Hmless
with another family reunification for a senior experiencing
#homelessness
.
4
17
195
“A former nurse speaks out about a San Diego hospital allegedly rushing homeless patients out and back onto the streets”
@DorianHargrove
4
42
197
Took a stroll around downtown with
@TheSolution619
& met a few more peeps out here on the streets.
#community
3
5
183
I have also witnessed a resurgence “Granny Dumping” in San Diego. "the abandonment of an elderly person in a public place such as a hospital or nursing home, especially by a relative"
6
45
187
@fwussyrose
My dad died homeless with leukemia. He always wore a suit & tie. He owned a grocery store when my step my mom died. They went medically bankrupt & his broke when she died.
14
12
184
Good Morning again
@MayorToddGloria
message to me not you from formerly
#MissingManuela
’s daughter.
#She
too had been discharged from a hospital in Hillcrest San Diego
to the streets.
Please remember I don’t play Sir
5
26
169
I am so sorry Mr B
I am doing the best my small self can here in
Hillcrest San Diego where people experiencing
#homelessness
are discharged to streets with no where to go.
👇🏾
5
18
160
Mr B died on a sidewalk in
Hillcrest San Diego after a hospital discharge to the streets while experiencing
#homelessness
RIP Mr B loved by many across the
City of San Diego
7
27
160
Why did the
@SanDiegoNAACP
sue the San Diego Housing Commission
@MayorToddGloria
&
@SupFletcher
?
#BlackHistoryMonth
3
34
143
“The truck ran over the woman’s body and she was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital with possible serious injuries”
Woman Sleeping in Mission Valley Parking Lot Injured When Truck Drives Over Her
1
11
148
Just got the senior kicked out of the hospital to a safe place to stay.
We don’t play.
No Room to Rest — Series Part 1: La Jolla meeting on homelessness illustrates urgency of a ‘wicked problem’
2
8
135
Programs to end homelessness fall short for Black veterans
The number of homeless veterans is falling. But Black veterans still face greater risks.
@msrikris
3
49
131
I am happy to announce
#MissingManuela
has been found safe & sound. I would like to thank every homeless San Diegan who passed out fliers & searched for 12 days for her.
Family asks for help in case of missing woman who was treated at San Diego hospital
19
16
125
It was nice. We had flowers, a candle & impacted community members showed up for Mr B 🦋
1
9
114
A woman experiencing homelessness was kidnapped, held against her will & raped. She was discharged to the streets by a San Diego hospital in the middle of the night. I have removed her from this location & will facilitate an out of state family reunification immediately.
15
39
111
Thank you to all who have walked this journey with me.
It’s official. I am relocating out of San Diego & I am looking forward to new adventures on the horizon. 💛🦋
32
3
112
But then someone started yelling
“F the homeless”
at us.
One of my seniors experiencing
#homelessness
got punched & kicked in the head. I got mad. That’s not nice to do to us when we are grieving the loss of Mr B, my street Dad
He’s at the hospital now
6
11
107
In the last year more people who I personally knew died on the streets of San Diego than I moved into housing.
The secondary trauma of this dire situation has taken a toll.
Taking some time off to heal from the trauma. Thank you to those who have reached out. 🦋
21
14
107
1
11
103
@cooluser51
In San Diego, California we have created a culture of extreme hate. Young men take to the streets armed with pellet guns to go “hobo hunting”
NEW: San Diego teens charged with killing Annette Pershal, 68, a beloved unhoused woman known as "Granny Annie."
Annie's daughter tells me her mom was waiting for years to get into housing, but couldn't get a spot: "I wish there was more help for seniors"
19
150
348
4
11
100
When it comes to
#homelessness
on Twitter who are your most favorite & effective advocates in this space in your opinion? 🤔
20
8
96
Hi
@MayorToddGloria
there is nothing I despise more than yellow tarps.
RIP Mr B
Hillcrest San Diego
1
16
96
“City says San Diego police mistakenly said they withheld 911 calls of the incident that led to the arrest of Jesse Evans in La Jolla in May”
7
32
95
Busy morning in Hillcrest San Diego as more people experiencing
#homelessness
are being discharged to the streets with
no where to go.
Mr E can not even walk to get his prescriptions filled.
This is our reality.
2
26
94
This is very unfortunate. I am simply trying to advocate for fair, equal & just treatment for people experiencing
#homelessness
. I feel everyone should be treated with the same dignity, care & respect I was when I was battling cancer as housed person who lived in La Jolla.
2
6
93
@bougeottee_
@ShaunKing
@sarahbraasch1
Seriously!?! It says she’s studying Philosophy!! My impression of what they are teaching
@Yale
just plummeted to the pits disillusionment.
2
5
81
The San Diego Homelessness Response Center will be closed
Monday Jan 16th for
#MLKDay2023
Our population of people experiencing homelessness is disproportionately Black in San Diego.
(The sign says 2022 but I think they mean 2023)
5
12
91
Both
@MayorToddGloria
&
@SupFletcher
will chant
#BlackLivesMatter
when the seniors experiencing
#homelessness
in San Diego are not safe. Not only are they discharged from hospitals back to the streets in
Hillcrest SanDiego but People call them racial slurs & try to beat them up.
5
10
85
This Veteran was specifically asking for a trailer to live in but instead he got this & numerous hospital discharges back to the streets by the VA Hospital in
#LaJolla
.
@SDUTmcdonald
“Veteran Was Denied Access to Convention Center”
@LisaHalverstadt
1
26
82
Best part of my Christmas Day was the butterfly dress my daughter Kate gave me. 🦋
You can dress me up but I still will always be me.
Thank you to all who helped keep us going this overly long year of 2022. You are appreciated.
Merry Christmas
10
4
87
Last night a 71 yr old senior was discharged from Scripps Mercy Hospital to the streets. After spending some time getting to know the senior we found they have out of state family who can take care of them. Now they are about to board a bus to go live with family
7:30am
4/7/23
12
20
83
For those who don’t know, the veteran who was specifically asking for a trailer is like a grandfather to my two children.
@MayorToddGloria
is completely incompetent in San Diego when it comes to
#homelessness
as are many of the hospitals. 🇺🇸
2
20
83
RIP Mr B
Place Of Death
FOUND-SIDEWALK
Hillcrest San Diego
9/22/2022
2
13
83
Thursday
December 22, 2022
3:30am
126 W Washington St
San Diego, CA 92103
I will sit at this bus stop and hold space for Mr B who died exactly 3 months ago at this bus bench on the sidewalk after a hospital discharge to the streets.
RIP Mr B, my street Dad.
9
12
83
Then someone started calling us the “n” word as we were trying to honor the life of Mr B, my street Dad who died after a hospital discharge to the streets in
Hillcrest San Diego on
9/22/2022
3
5
82
I tried to explain to the
#men
who yelled “F the homeless” and said very vulgar things to my face about Mr B that he was trying to get help but that the hospitals kept discharging him back to the streets in the middle of the night.
1
9
82
A PERSON’S HOUSING SATUS OR LACK OF HOUSING SHOULD NEVER DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE AT A HOSPITAL! EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY!
4
20
77
Proud mom post.
My son has accepted the offer to get his PHD in Engineering at UC Santa Barbara. 💙💛
When he was in preschool his teacher told me she thought he would grow up to be an engineer one day, she was right.
15
5
83
“I urge everyone to vote “no” on Prop. 1. It’s not going to help the vast majority of the homeless, and actually does more harm than good with a price tag of $6.8 billion to go along with it. Read the fine print”
"Diagnosed with autism, OCD, and anxiety at a young age, [I'm] a disabled self-advocate, and I came upon Prop. 1 while researching laws that harm disability rights...[Prop 1] is a bloated, cruel, and ineffective bill masquerading as a necessary reform."
5
39
89
4
29
83
Now here with Mr E who was just discharged back to the streets in Hillcrest San Diego.
He can not even walk to get his prescriptions filled so he will declined from a homeless shelter even if they happen to have a button bunk available today.
This is our reality on 1/21/2023
Busy morning in Hillcrest San Diego as more people experiencing
#homelessness
are being discharged to the streets with
no where to go.
Mr E can not even walk to get his prescriptions filled.
This is our reality.
1/21/2023
5
22
37
5
15
81
This is happening right now in front of a hospital. I see this several times a day. Is this ok with us as a community in San Diego?
12
34
79
@briancurran50
Please ask the hospitals why they are not securing a safe discharge plan then ask
@MayorToddGloria
&
@SupFletcher
why they won’t provide a safe place for the hospital to discharge people to? Then folks wander down to Balboa Park in search of a bathroom in the middle of the night
5
18
79
I tried to explain that even a nurse came forward & that it wasn’t Mr B’s fault. They started swinging punches at us & now my glasses are broken & a senior is in the hospital.
@MayorToddGloria
this is a mess in Hillcrest
“A former nurse speaks out..”
3
18
77
RIP Mr B
( I despise yellow tarps)
Hillcrest San Diego
9/22/2022
2
14
80
Welcome home Scott. Thank you for letting me be your friend. 💙🏡🌍🦋
8
11
79
I’m with my little brother in Big D who went through this struggle of homelessness with our Dad. We both say “Thank you
@TheSolution619
for all the work you do” 🦋
1
8
78
Ms M is working her speech. She gave
Mr B the blanket he died on earlier that day. Please don’t judge us & how we navigate our collective grief.
It’s been a very long 4months.
2
9
78
Another successful move in day for us at
@Housing4Hmless
Our
#Street2Hotel2Housing
model works.
3
8
76
Message from a friend inside the “Safe Sleeping” site that Mayor Todd Gloria of San Diego is bragging about.
8
26
75
Residents there each have a cabin, with air-conditioning, heating, & a door they can lock. They are bombarded w supportive services to help calm their nervous systems, frayed after living in the perpetual state of fight-or-flight
4
21
76
“I’ve worked all my life. I’ve paid taxes. I am 66years old. I am now homeless. I want a home and I would say “yes” to a hotel room” elderly man near Fade U
@MayorOfLA
@FilmThePoliceLA
4
26
75