Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin: The Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People

Appendix 2: Key Informants

APPENDIX 2 Key Informants Key Informants Interviewed in Berlin Informant: Klaus Breitfeld Title/function: Social Worker Organization: Wärmestube Warmer Otto (day center) Interviewed: March 11, 1998 Informant: Helga Burkert Title/function: Administrator, Head of Division Organization: Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit und Soziales, Grundsatzplanung und Konzeption zum Thema Wohnungslosenpolitik (Senate Administration for Health and Social Affairs, office of general planning on homeless policy) Interviewed: April 24, 1998 Informant: Sigi Deiß Title/function: Social Worker, Pastor Organization: Foyer an der Gedächtniskirche (religious organization; nonprofit) Interviewed: March 4, 1998 Informant: Jürgen Demmer Title/function: Social Worker, Administrator Organization: Bezirksamt Charlottenburg, Abteilung Soziale Wohnhilfe (one of twenty-three local welfare agencies within Berlin’s Department of Social Housing Assistance) Interviewed: March 11, 1998 154 Appendix 2: Key Informants Informant: Ralf Gruber Title/function: Social Worker, Street Worker Organization: Bezirksamt Charlottenburg, Abteilung Soziale Wohnhilfe (one of twenty-three local welfare agencies within Berlin’s Department of Social Housing Assistance) Interviewed: March 6, 1998; December 10, 1998 Informant: Michael Haberkorn Title/function: Representative, State Parliament; Social Political Speaker Organization: Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (political party) Interviewed: March 6, 1998 Informant: Karlheinz Kramer Title/function: Social Worker Organization: Beratungsstelle für Wohnungslose in der Lewetzowstrasse (referral center; nonprofit) Interviewed: March 5, 1998 Informant: Anneliese Leps Title/function: Head Nurse Organization: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (DRK), Obdachlosenbetreuung im Bahnhof Lichtenberg (German Red Cross, health services facility for the homeless located in a railroad station; nonprofit) Interviewed: March 6, 1998 Informant: Sybille Paetow-Spinosa Title/function: Administrator, Social Worker Organization: Senatsverwaltung für Schule, Jugend und Sport, Landeskommission Berlin gegen Gewalt (Senate Administration for Education, Youth and Sports, Berlin State Commission against Violence) Interviewed: March 12, 1998 Informant: Stefan Schneider Title/function: Chairman, Activist Organization: MOB e.V. (Strassenfeger) (advocacy project; nonprofit) Interviewed: April 27, 1998 Informant: Matthias Schulz Title/function: Administrator, Planner Organization: Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit und Soziales, Sachbearbeiter ZEKO, Geschütztes Marktsegment (Senate Administration for Health and Social Affairs, office of the case manager for the protected market segment) Interviewed: February 27, 1998 Informant: Uwe Spacek Title/function: Editor Organization: Mob e.V. (Strassenfeger) (advocacy project; nonprofit) Interviewed: December 10, 1998 Appendix 2: Key Informants 155 Informant: Uta Sternal Title/function: Shelter Manager, Social Worker Organization: Internationaler Bund, Wohnheim Trachenbergring (national service organization, transitional shelter; nonprofit) Interviewed: February 10, 1998; December 8, 1998 Informant: Ingo Thederan Title/function: Assistant Director Organization: UB U-Bahn, Fahrgastsicherheit, Berliner Verkehrsgemeinschaft (subway security) Interviewed: December 9, 1998 Informant: Carola von Braun Title/function: Administrator Organization: Senatsverwaltung für Arbeit, Berufsbildung und Frauen (Senate Adminstration for Labor, Job Training and Women) Interviewed: April 27, 1998 Informant: Reiner Wild Title/function: Managing Director Organization: Berliner Mieterverein (rental association; nonprofit) Interviewed: April 22, 1998 Key Informants Interviewed in Los Angeles Informant: Harrold Adams Title/function: Executive Director Organization: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Interviewed: September 16, 1997 Informant: Richard E. Bonneau Title/function: Captain, Commanding Officer Organization: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Central Area Interviewed: September 22, 1997 Informant: Mark Casanova Title/function: Executive Director Organization: Health Care for the Homeless Interviewed: September 23, 1997 Informant: Deborah Davenport Title/function: Clinical Nursing Director Organization: Community Health Services Interviewed: September 22, 1997 Informant: Maya Dunne Title/function: Policy Director Organization: Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Interviewed: September 16, 1997 156 Appendix 2: Key Informants Informant: Merryl Edelstein Title/function: Senior City Planner Organization: Los Angeles City Planning Department Interviewed: September 18, 1997 Informant: Bob Erlenbusch Title/function: Executive Director Organization: Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness Interviewed: September 23, 1997 Informant: Ted Hayes Title/function: Servant Director, Activist Organization: Genesis I, Dome Village Interviewed: September 25, 1997 Informant: Arthur Jones Title/function: Lawyer, Homeless Resident Organization: Genesis I, Dome Village Interviewed: September 25, 1997 Informant: Gregg Kawczynski Title/function: Manager Organization: Community Development Commission, Housing Development and Preservation Interviewed: September 17, 1997 Informant: Dale Lowery Title/function: Database and Communication Specialist Organization: Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness Interviewed: September 23, 1997 Informant: George Malone Title/function: Supervising Regional Planner Organization: Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning Interviewed: September 17, 1997 Informant: Ruth Schwarz Title/function: Executive Director Organization: Shelter Partnership, Inc. Interviewed: September 11, 1997; September 24, 1997 Informant: Judy Weddle Title/function: Human Services Administrator I Organization: Department of Public and Social Services (DPSS), Office of Welfare Reform Strategy Interviewed: September 24, 1997 [3.149.26.246] Project...