Former Los Altos homeless man passes

Former homeless man who "lived" at the 
Los Altos Center passes away in dignity

Photo of Richard Clough memorial by LBReport.com

Richard Clough, a long-time homeless man who for years spent his days in the Los Altos Center North parking lot by the Bank of America, died earlier this month- but he did not die homeless.

Thanks to intense efforts by a team of City of Long Beach personal   that were brought together by 4th District Councilman Daryl Supernaw's office, Richard Clough was able to spend his last days in comfort and dignity in his own home. 

After his election this year, one of the first challenges presented to Councilman Supernaw was Mr. Clough's homelessness.  Supernaw was contacted by Los Altos Center business people about the chronic homeless man spending his days in the shopping center.  Private efforts to keep Mr. Clough off the streets had failed.

The Fourth District Councilman met with the business people and started to contact and gather city services. Local residents had long been trying to help Mr. Clough- even getting him temporary housing. 

After a team from the various City of Long Beach agencies was assembled by Supernaw's office to work on Mr. Clough's problems related to his chronic homelessness, Clough was eventually sucessfully placed in permanent housing. 

That team included: Susan Price Manager of the City of Long Beach Community Health; Teresa Chandler, City of Long Beach Homless Services Ofiicer; Shannon Parker, City of Long Beach Chronic Homeless Iniative Coordinator and LBPD Officer Clausia Lopez.

By accounts of those familiar with his case, Mr. Clough was happy and content with his new home even as his poor health started to disintegrate rapidly. 

Clough passed away-no longer homeless-on November 3rd.

At last month's Back-to-Back 4th District Community Meetings, Councilman Supernaw announced that his office was forming a 4th District Homeless Taskforce.

LBReport.com has the story of the Los Altos Center memorial at the Bank of America dedicated  to Mr. Clough (Click here: LBREPORT ).

This month's Back-to-Back 4th District Council meetings are this Tuesday November 24 at the Los Altos Library-6:30 pm-7:30 pm and Wednesday November 25 at the Orazaba Park Center- 6:30-7:30 pm. 
For more information click here: 4th Newsletter .