On August 12, 2023, after enduring nearly a month of triple-digit temperatures Garcia, at age 56, passed away. Residents are now seeking to hold city and state agencies accountable for his death.
His Name Is Albert
Albert Garcia, Subject of Exhaustive Deceleration Reporting Project, Found Dead
A year-long effort to get Garcia off the streets exposed shortcomings of local and state practices—even as the extreme cold of Winter Storm Uri took both of Garcia’s feet. Now extreme heat likely contributed to his death.
DECELERATION.LIVE: ‘His Name is Albert: Climate Change, Public Health, and the Unhoused’
A year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused neighbor who lost limbs to Winter Storm Uri exposed the gaps in San Antonio’s broken safety net.
‘His Name Is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex ( 3 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (2 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.
‘His Name is Albert’: Lessons from a Polar Vortex (1 of 3)
This is what we learned from a year-long intervention on behalf of an unhoused man who lost limbs during February 2021’s polar vortex.