It's been the most gratifying weekend of my writing career to read all of the comments pouring in from around the globe. Thank you from the depths of my soul – each and every one of you. Full disclosure here: I'm a Canadian (sorry). But because of that (and my struggles with trying to see justice served in another petition), I decided to call in the "big guns". Yes, our petition will not only reach Curren Price, but also the following people: LA's Mayor, Eric Garcetti; the Executive Director of LA's Homeless Services Authority, Peter Lynn; LA's City Attorney, Mike Feuer; the President of LA's Ethics Commission, Jessica Levinson; and yes, even the Human Rights Council Branch Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. And the way Change.org petitions work is this: each time a supporter signs, an email is automatically sent directly to the six people/organizations I've named above. When hundreds (or even thousands) of emails arrive in their inboxes, our message becomes impossible to ignore. Why the UN? In my previous update: https://www.change.org/p/curren-price-curren-price-reverse-your-order-to-confiscate-and-destroy-tiny-homes-for-la-s-homeless/u/15646430 I quoted the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/index.html And the following are clearly in violation: Articles 1, 5, 12, 17, 25, 29, and 30. After reading Mashable's article by Olivia Niland and Megan Specia titled Los Angeles declares war on tiny houses donated to the homeless: http://mashable.com/2016/02/26/la-clears-tiny-homes-for-homeless/#jHN4s70cnqq5 I became enraged to learn that Elvis Summers and his team have been "working around the clock" to relocate the remaining Tiny Homes to secret areas where residents can continue living in them. He vowed, "They haven't found my others ones, and they're not going to." This IS outrageous! And clearly a violation of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights Article 17 which states: Note: My thoughts are in square brackets. 1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. [Therefore, anyone still living in a Tiny Home should NOT have to "hide out" somewhere so "the city" cannot find and take away their homes and sole possessions.] (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. [Got that? It says "NO ONE" – meaning ANY human being.] And to make it perfectly clear to any detractors (and there has been a few), I found out last night on Welcome Home: A Tiny House, Huge Purpose: https://www.facebook.com/mythpla/?fref=ts that "a US Marine Vietnam Veteran was forced to sit in a tent (in his only pair of pants), which by accident he Soiled (shit)...because he can't take a shower, get clean or ride a bus or get squat from our city and mayor who care so much. Let alone have any privacy because the ‪#‎LAMayor‬ took his house away and left him on the sidewalk." Mr. Elvis Summers hasn't had one day to himself to rest. When he learned of this, he bought some clothes and a camp shower. Elvis spent last night rigging up the shower so this gentleman can get cleaned up and into fresh clothing. That gesture alone is worth a million bucks, in my mind. So to those of you (like Rhonda Palacios of San Pedro, California) I say this: What if YOU had served your country, returned home with PTSD (because of all the traumatic things you had been through), only to have the one sole gift of kindness – a Tiny Home – ripped away from you (with all of your possessions)? And to make matters worse: you were left on the sidewalk, had soiled yourself, had no clothes, no money and no means to clean yourself up? Perhaps ONLY then would you value what Elvis Summers is doing?! So tonight, instead of going home, have the guts to look deep inside your soul and ask yourself this: Would I rather sleep on the street or in a Tiny Home? For the homeless, every night is a struggle to survive. And every waking hour of the day is spent trying to figure out how to merely exist in this world. Anyone against this movement should have the balls or the ovaries to sleep in the street and walk just 1 mile in these peoples' shoes. Lastly, I want to share with you some more of your inspiring comments: David Racz, from Surrey, Canada: "If they don't fix this we're going to LA to protest." Steven Uliano from Spring Hill, FL: "For every home you destroy, two more will reappear. You are the nuisance, not the tiny homes, or those who occupy them. Just remember, every "leader" whom has been placed atop his pedestal, they can be knocked down by the people "below" them." Jillienne Gomez from Santa Clarita, CA: "Because as a social worker that works to house the homeless, I know the struggles of trying to locate affordable housing even when you have a Section 8 voucher. With very limited housing available, at least someone is thinking outside of the box and giving individuals experiencing homelessness a place to call home." Gabriel Tristan from Los Angeles, CA: "I am signing this because I consider this Order by a high ranking Los Angeles city official is an "assault" on the already victimized, destitute, and poorest citizens of American society! Where in the US Constitution does it say that homeless citizens have no rights to their possessions as well as "due process?" Citing and wielding "official power" to rob the homeless of their most critically needed possession of survival, and worse ...NOT providing an immediate alternative... is not only inhumane, UN-ethical and UN-American...I believe it's also UN-constitutional! Please reverse this order and course of action against our street dwelling citizens which include people of all ages and walks of life (honorable veterans, the physically/mentally disabled, the elderly, children, victim's of sudden job loss etc. This is something you just don't do to people who were already down on their luck, desperate, and struggling to survive nightly on the cold dark streets! You don't take away the "one and only" MOST IMPORTANT possession that effects their survival -A hand-made warm shelter lovingly crafted and personally "gifted" to them by an unselfish. deeply compassionate human being who genuinely cares about their welfare! Again i respectfully ask city council member Curren Price to PLEASE REVERSE THIS ORDER.Thank you!" I'll keep you all posted, Rose