Downtown Burbank Ambassadors Address Homelessness

BURBANK, Calif. – Keeping citizens safe, one touch point at a time. It wasn’t part of their original mission, but team leader Robert Newman says when COVID-19 struck, the Downtown Burbank Ambassadors saw sanitizing as one more way to pitch in.

“We wear many different hats and we wear it with pride," he said, gesturing to his baseball hat that read 'Downtown Burbank.'

Newman first donned his green shirt in 2019 when the Downtown Business Improvement District hired a company called Streetplus to provide hospitality and social outreach in the normally bustling retail area. They later expanded, adding 24-hour patrols at the nearby Metrolink station. Read More