2.  A decorated veteran, Captain David Schnell formerly
served in the United States Navy before being
honorably discharged. Today, Captain David Schnell
serves as the general manager of Xerox's Americas
Commercial & State Government Transportation
Group and as executive director of Christ Kitchen, an
organization that feeds the homeless in San Diego.
As of 2014, homelessness in San Diego County had
decreased slightly from the year prior to a total
number of 8,506 persons (a four percent
improvement). Of this number, 3,985 were
unsheltered and 4,521, sheltered, according to the
Regional Task Force On The Homeless.

3.  Sheltered homelessness refers to the state of
living in emergency shelters and transitional
housing; unsheltered homeless individuals
reside in places not intended for habitation,
like parks and sidewalks.
Of the unsheltered individuals, the
population is predominantly male: 17
percent are veterans and a third possess
some form of college experience; many of
the individuals suffer from substance abuse
or a severe mental disorder.