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An activist in the Silicon Valley has stepped up to make sure the homeless are cared for during the extreme temperatures currently impacting the Bay Area.
“We give out water, supplies,” said Pastor Scott Wagers, a well known homeless activist in San Jose.
Wagers operates what he calls the “Mercy Mobile” and walks the creek beds near Tully Road to make sure the homeless are cared for.
“Especially in homeless camps, when you’re not hydrated, and people are probably malnourished and have pre-conditions, so you can just imagine, it’s a formula for death,” said Wagers.
Wagers added that the coronavirus pandemic has only made things worse.
“We've been doing this since the beginning of COVID, and we get tested, our workers, so we’re safe so far,” he told KCBS Radio. “But this is a formula for disaster, because the unhoused have been cut off. They were cut off any way. They're deep in these creek beds. They don’t want to be found.”
Wagers is accepting donations for the “Mercy Mobile” on its GoFundMe page.