Opinion: It ‘took a village’ to heal her trauma and homelessness. Will California keep funding this help?

Ten years ago, I hit bottom.

For more than 50 years I had been trying to work my way through traumas that had accumulated throughout my life. As a child, I, along with one of my sisters, was abused by my step-father. When I was a young woman, my mother and my biological father died, and a number of other close family members, including several sisters and brothers, also died prematurely. I’ve been a victim of extreme episodes of domestic violence.

My pain caused me to fall into despair...