Where Should This Aspie Go ???????

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Some other people (RE: my recent posts , especially those started by me , which have tended to be (bar the more " entertainment " and game ones) so of a piece/self-referencing that I'll tell you to check them - Or , ask me to explain yourself . - for some background/things referred to here -) have suggested to me that I go somewhere else than SC , and a few specific suggestions have been made -
Well , I had this comment in mind for to-day anyhow , but something happened this day that made me put this part in first -
This morning , I was asleep in my usual area as a cop came aong , writing a summons for me that was being done instead of arresting me , by personal option I suppoe?? .
I had a court date that I hadn't shown up for and a warrant had been written for me on the 28th I guess he was , again , optionally not arresting me instead writing me a new court date for that charge in a monthish .
The amount of bail was rather small , and I think it could have been below a " amont of vbail makes an arrest complsory " threshold , as happened to me in 2013 in San Jose on another case (which I wrote about here some then ) , too .
I heard all this before he roused me , as I said , he wrote me a summons for a new court date in a monthish regarding this charge that I hadn't shown up in court for .
This does bring up the question of " Okay , maybe I should/could leave town . " .
But if so , where to ?
And , there's the money a bus ticket would coast - And , needing/wanting to arap up some things here before I went - And , bluntly , what I assume is the liklihood that nobody would be waiting for me in any such town , not to even temporarily move in with , or even lesser help , or anyone I would be pointed to ~ Just that you think the atmosphere (Social/" personality " and even the physical weather/etc.) and the Social Services and charity people ~ would be more favorable to me .
And , I imagine this would see me arriving at New Place with basically what I have now only , my health a cleaned-up-ier version of now (Aside from the sweatiness and tiredness that G-Hound bus journies lead to ~ , my bad leg as is . And , with no one to say " I'd stay with them " , a " Homeward Bound " free bus ticket would not be a possibility (as happened in 2014 w/the WA/Olympia journey) .

...I probably rushed the above - But - Qkay , some people have suggested I should leave Santa Cruz , and a couple of specific suggestions have been made -
WHERE SHOULD I GO ?????????

...I am in Watsonville now , having gone there to get cheaper underwear at the K-Mart there (Seriously - similar , anyway , underwear at the Santa Cruz CVS is , against the price of the WV KM undies , more than twce as much !) . I missed the bus from SC that stopped by the WV K , so I will have to go back on the outward-bound but from WV that stops by the K , and am doing my daily library at the WV library , where I do have a library card and not in SC , remember .
I am still all itchy and , til' I have two sets of clothes , and a place to wash , and then put on one , while the other is washed , it will remain so . however , two sets of clothes would be a lot more to carry (even bar another pair of shoes , or two belts ~ Just drawstring/jogging pants which are always at least semi- falling down drawn due to low money + the nonlikihood of immediate redressing/washing space:-() , and " halfway " buying , for the reason outlined above , tends to be a bit of a waste long run - I could use more money relating to that in a large amou9nt helping to do such things at once , in a context where i can truly accomplish them .
While in WV , I went to a a Mexican market-oriented cowboy/Army-Navy store , where i'd gone before , to shop this time only .
The owner , remembering me from before (when I picked up money someone sent to me) , seeing my bags , which I had before , different ones I guess before those were stolen ) said " On your journey yet ? " Or similar , as for all i quote here ~ AP/journalistic standards ! ) ~ I said " not yet , maybe when i can get things straightened out " , he said " you're lucky to go " , I said I was shopping , couldn't look now , there was a nice-looking thick GB Packers jacket I'd maybe buy , had I sufficient dosh/situation/space ...........

Have SC cops got nothing better to do?

Stay away from all towns where you could possibly be arrested for just being on the street. They would never do that in our country, unless they suspected you of some crime such as drug possession. But apart from that they have no problems with homeless folk on the street.

I really hope you can find the support and practical help you so desperately need. Being thousands of kilometres away in the Southern Hemisphere there's not anything I can do. At least the summer months are coming where you are!

Summer is coming to California.

After June 1st, there's practically no chance of rain south of San Francisco--unless it's a drizzle caused by fog.

The weather is usually quite pleasant, with cool nights, at his location.

I wonder if San Francisco might be a good place. There are many people who are in his situation there.

SF appears to be once of the most liberal cities in the US so I expect they have a more tolerant and accepting policy towards the homeless than many others?

...I liveed in San Francisco ~ always homeless or " semi-/one step above "/temporarily put up ~ and , thie last time/s I) was there , it seemed a little used up , but , I have thought...I have very limit7ed time 2day , so:--.........
After I wrote last night , having felt nice about Watsonville , some problems with authorities THERE happened ...

...Speaking of " now that it's summer " , I have thought of Northeastern places before - The NYC area (which is my native area and where my not-seen-in 17 years brother is) - and either Portland , or Bangor , Maine , depending on which of the two is where my paternal grandfather (died before my birth) came from ~ I once knew but have forgotten , I would call the relevant offices in Maine but7 the last step wouldn't happen and my GF's birth happened just a couple years before they started keeping readily available birth records . Yes , Maine has a rep for fairly stingy social services , but , someone from Maine thought mly8 " goi0ng-back-to-my-roots " story coul impress SS .
My father tended to think his New England fami0ly had all died out - His father had had some he-claimed-to-not-know-the-details pretty much breakup with his direct family , and so , my father himself had very little contact with his father's family all through his life .

...Speaking of " now that it's summer " , I have thought of Northeastern places before - The NYC metropolitan area (which is my native area and where my not-seen-in 17 years brother is) - and either Portland , or Bangor , Maine , depending on which of the two is where my paternal grandfather (died before my birth) came from ~ I once knew but have forgotten , I would call the relevant offices in Maine but the last step wouldn't happen and my GF's birth happened just a couple years before they started keeping readily available birth records . Yes , Maine has a rep for fairly stingy social services , but , someone from Maine thought my " goi0ng-back-to-my-roots " story could impress SS .
My father tended to think his New England family had all died out - His father had had some he-claimed-to-not-know-the-details pretty much breakup with his direct family , and so , my father himself had very little contact with his father's family all through his life .

Theres a little homeless village right up the street in the back across rengstorf park and an opening through the fence with big bushes to hide camp and sleep in. There are a lot of rv campers that are homeless there too and nobody bothers them. This is in Mountain View.

...That Mountain View ? REALLY must go now , thank you , more later .

...Even given what I said above , I think I concentrate to much on the " leaving " concept .
HOW WOULD I PAY FOR WHERE I " SHOULD GO " , ANYWAY ?
If anything , my internal censor/adult sort of says " You should be ' mature ' , and not try to ' find somewhere else ' - Wherever you go , there you are , anyway " - .
I DESPERATELY need clothes and the ability to WASH MYSELF and get into new clothes so that I'm NOT itching all over ! !! !! !! !! !!

If I was off work and had the money right now I would drive down and pick you up and drop ya off at the homeless village. I dont get paid till fri and my gas tank is almost empty. I have orientation on monday but maybe after orientation at my new job I can swing on by and pick ya up.

...I don't think you had the MV location up B4 I posted B4 , did you ???
Anyhow , that aside , I don't know whether moving into an encampment , away from where I am , is the best idea .
I am trying to establish some things in SC now and they could happen ~ At least I'm close to them .
I maybe tend to somewhat a loner , and , all through being HL I have tended to stay on my own even as per " regular " shelters went . In Seattle I moved briefly into one of some encampments/tent cities (which are a get-govm't-grants " official " sort of thing there) - and got tossed out/banned after less than a week ! (I think there were various reasons including that the tent cities were a bit ~ " cult-ish " is I guess too strong , but...........) I mean , ya know , we Aspies tend to " act weird " ~ for one thing

...It could still be nice to meet

You're a kind hearted and caring fellow Aspie Otaku. Thank you for making a practical suggestion to ASS-P. I am in South Africa so couldn't do anything from here...

He really needs some stability, a place to wash, change of clothes and opportunity to rest and reassemble his forces. I just think its such a pity that some of the local authorities there want to persecute the homeless as though they committed some felony. Is Mountain View one of the better ones?