Union Rescue Mission

Good evening and welcome to the Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

URM, Union Rescue Mission, is the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, families, and seniors in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

Union Rescue Mission celebrating its 135th anniversary of serving the homeless in Los Angeles.

and helping those experiencing homelessness indeed find their way home.

On this program, we focus on the Union Rescue Mission's leadership on homeless solutions in Los Angeles and focus on many wonderful success stories.

And we also speak with business and civic leaders, experts in the field as well, who bring their philanthropy and passion for helping the homeless.

Coming up this hour, our special guest, Lori Dew, Certified Recovery Specialist, National Recovery Advocate, And you may recognize the name from television.

And now you have Nithya Raman leading Karen Bass in L.A. That's just stunning to me.

And yeah, just to get back to your point about Skid Row, there's one mission down there, the Union Rescue Mission run by Andrew Bales.

He sets limits, but others, the Midnight Mission, it's all enabling.

It's a codependent relationship between the vagrants and the advocacy industry partners.

Happy Saturday to you.

Thank you again to all of you donating to URM, uh, the Unite, uh, the Union Rescue Mission, who is really, really doing the hard work of getting people off the streets.

Uh, if you wanna donate, urm.org/ote for Over the Edge.

Amy King and I did that right there in Universal City, and, uh, you can donate there.

Dan Raviv live with us here on Motek on Money on 790 KABC.

Stay tuned now for The Way Home radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Special guest coming up in the next hour, Lori Dew.

We're joined by Mark Hood, CEO of the Union Rescue Mission.

I'll be back on the air, so, uh, stay tuned here at 6:00 on 790 KABC, and stay tuned for Motek on Money again tomorrow live at 5:00 right here, 790 KABC.

fear of the Lord? I remember one of the first encounters I had as I stepped into my role with CityGate Network.

And I went and visited Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles, which is right on Skid Row.

We actually have two missions within a block of each other on Skid Row and probably within less than a mile distance.

One square mile, there are probably somewhere around 7,000 to 10,000 people that are experiencing homelessness in that community.

And I finally am moving into my own apartment today.

Yeah, that's cool.

And she shared her story of addiction, of being able to connect to Union Rescue Mission there in Los Angeles, of being able to overcome that addiction through discipleship, through God's word, through relationship and community in that mission.

That led her on to staff, actually.

Good evening and welcome to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission.

Frank Mottek here, along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, and seniors helping find their way home from the streets of Los Angeles.

On this program, we focus on homeless solutions and also celebrate great URM success stories, URM supporters, philanthropists, business, and civic leaders.

Today, our special guests include Joe Giese and Ed Warren.

Fantastic couple known for their philanthropy here in Los Angeles and support for Union Rescue Mission, Joe Giese, an award-winning journalist, educator, and author, as well as activist, and Ed Warren, prominent attorney and law professor.

Also this hour, Kathy Ward, the director of philanthropy for the Union Rescue Mission, will be joining us along with John Yasuda, the vice president of philanthropy at URM.

But first, the awesome leader of the Union Rescue Mission in studio with me here, and that is URM CEO, Mark Hood.

Good evening, Mark.

[laughs] They w- they would rather be on the street than be in a shelter 'cause they don't fee- they feel it's more dangerous in a shelter than they, than they are on the street.

I will tell you, Union Rescue Mission, that's why they don't allow alcohol or drugs, and they separate the women and children from the men.

Right, and that's why they don't get any public funding either.

Yes, exactly, 'cause they, it, because they make you be accountable, and to train, and to, uh, to train in some sort of, uh, uh, skill set- Okay ... that they can actually- Right ... you can't just give someone a house.

And stay with us tonight at 6:00.

I'll be back on the air for the Way Home radio show and podcast with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission here in Los Angeles, focusing on homeless solutions.

That's tonight at 6:00 on air and online at kabc.com, also the Way Home podcast.

A mixed finish for stocks today with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq slipping some more from the recent record highs.

Good evening and welcome to The Way Home, radio show and podcast presented by the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.

Frank Mottek here along with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, URM, Union Rescue Mission, the number one organization serving the thousands of men, women, children, families, and seniors in Los Angeles who've been devastated by homelessness.

This year, Union Rescue Mission celebrating its 135th anniversary of serving the homeless in L.A. and helping those experiencing homelessness find their way home.

Now, on this program, especially this hour, we're going to be focusing on success stories, focusing on Union Rescue Mission's leadership on homeless solutions and focus on those wonderful stories.

We'll be speaking with several URM graduates, as well as Stephen Myers, Senior Communications and Church Relations Manager at Union Rescue Mission, Noel Lottie.

a success story jimmy a success story and alex cornejo a success story all on this program mark hood good evening

good evening frank and i just have to tell you i am so excited about this show these are all people that are near and dear to my heart and two of them are you know staff members at union rescue mission and do just such a wonderful job for us so it's it's going to be an exciting show and And especially, you know, we had the Over the Edge event, which was off the charts and so many people participated and so many great stories.

But Alex was also a big part of that event.

And stay tuned tonight at 6.

I'll be back on the air for The Way Home radio show and podcast with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission here in Los Angeles, focusing on homeless solutions.

Special guest tonight coming off the great Over the Edge event held recently.

So tune in tonight at 6 right here on 790KBC.

We're going to match the tax incentives that are there in the most competitive places in the world where the production is moving to, where we're losing jobs to.

And we're going to get rid of the red tape around production, which is driving businesses um and production out of california in particular the entertainment industry out of la it's a very solid plan that i've been working on for months with some of the leading people in the industry and it's what we need we got we can't let those jobs continue to disappear it's going to collapse the la economy if we're not careful we've got to have a change

On the homeless front, in fact, coming up here in just a few moments, the Way Home radio show and podcast that I do with Mark Hood, the CEO of the Union Rescue Mission, will be airing.

What are your thoughts about homeless solutions, especially as it relates to what's happening here in the Los Angeles area?