11/17/2025
“Homelessness isn’t their problem — it’s our problem.”
This week on Vision for A Change, I sit down with Joseph Bradford III, the founder of B A R E Truth , a South LA–based nonprofit offering wellness services and independent-living support to underserved individuals and families. Joseph’s work is rooted in lived experience: he became homeless at seven years old, spent time in shelters with his mother and siblings, and learned early how easily good people can fall on hard times.
That perspective gives him a clarity California desperately needs.
We pour billions into homelessness. We pass new laws. We build new programs. Yet the crisis persists— because we keep missing the most important step: understanding the people we claim we want to help.
Joseph breaks down a truth most policymakers avoid:
We create rules around unhoused people without ever talking to them. We design solutions for them without ever building solutions with them. And when you don’t see people as human first, you create systems guaranteed to fail.
He challenges us to return to what actually works: relationship, listening, presence, and dignity.
Because real change doesn’t begin with politics or money. It begins with humanity.
If you care about homelessness, public safety, or the future of California, this conversation will shift something in you.
The full episode drops this week on YouTube and .
