91 Public Hearing - Appeal of Hearing Officer Decision - Abandonment of Right-of-Way - ABND 200534 - Various Segments generally located south of Jefferson Street and north of Harrison Street (railroad tracks) between 7th and 13th Avenues
I adamantly OPPOSE this proposal. This would further criminal our unhoused neighbors just because you don't like what you see. A better solution is to fund programs and housing in the city to help them instead of hiding from the problem and pushing them into situations that would cause them to be arrested and clogging up our criminal system for no reason other than you don't like feeling bad. You control the budget, instead of giving more power to the police start helping the people of this city
Indirect criminalization of homelessness has no place in our society. We need more resources in these communities, and more support. This is my neighborhood and the folks who live in those camps deserve support from the entire community. Shelter beds, rehab facilities, and employment programs. Evictions are at an all time high, a pandemic is raging, and this is your solution?? SHAME on this heartlessness.
Are we a City of people who care, and assist? or are we a City of people who control and convict? A City who cares would not be looking for more ways to convict, than they are to assist. I want to see our City representatives put their time, energy and money to preventative measures, and assisting our community members in need.
There are easier ways to show you care nothing for the citizens you fail most. Codifying it into legislation takes your passive opinions about the millions experiencing homelessness and demands they suffer far more than they already do. At the rate, this government is going you will soon find ways to criminalize the act of existing in public.
I strongly OPPOSED this item. The city must not privatize public spaces and criminalize the houseless people living in the streets. The city must increase shelter beds so these folks have somewhere to go. We must have compassion for our houseless brothers and sisters and not force them out of one of the only areas where they can get reliable services. This is unacceptable!
No, we need to pour money into connecting houseless folks with real resources to help them get off of the streets. Making existing even more illegal for unhoused folks will only lead to more police abusing and murdering them. Stop funding more police to hurt marginalized people even more.
I OPPOSE item 91 because it will increase the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness. There are not enough shelter beds or services to help everyone as it is. This does NOTHING to support our unhoused neighbors and is a waste of public funds and time.
It is downright negligent to do this without providing adequate alternatives. As a taxpayer, I am deeply opposed to making things even worse for already vulnerable citizens. Not having an address doesn’t make a person any less a citizen of our city.
Rather than providing a solution, this decision will displace and further disenfranchise many of our unhoused neighbors. The city should instead invest in permanent housing and infrastructure for these individuals as well as collaborative community solutions.
Being unhoused is not a crime. I oppose this action as it will be detrimental to the homeless in this area. The city should be working on providing more safe housing options and services for the unhoused instead of creating more health and safety issues for them during a pandemic.
We need to stop criminalizing homelessness and instead provide the appropriate resources and assistance to promote rehabilitation. We need to create REAL solutions and fund resources that address the root causes of homelessness. I stand by our unsheltered community and believe providing them with a safe space and resources to get back on their feet should be a top priority for the city.
This obviously criminalizes the unshektered population. Evidence shows this creates violent and unsafe situations for our community memebers and instead of making it harder to exist- we should be giving access to life saving aide. Especially during this time! It’s no ones fault to be houseless and it could happen to any one. This only makes it harder and further drives a wedge between the houseless community and those of us with shelter. Help people, stop hurting people.
These streets are public thoroughfares that county employees use to get to work every day (parking deck on Jefferson and 7th Ave). I regularly use these streets to get to work. The city is aggressively trying to push out unsheltered community members rather than supporting them during this pandemic and it is giving private owners excuses to call the police to criminalize these vulnerable people. This is unconscionable. Please oppose this.
I adamantly OPPOSE this proposal. This would further criminal our unhoused neighbors just because you don't like what you see. A better solution is to fund programs and housing in the city to help them instead of hiding from the problem and pushing them into situations that would cause them to be arrested and clogging up our criminal system for no reason other than you don't like feeling bad. You control the budget, instead of giving more power to the police start helping the people of this city
Indirect criminalization of homelessness has no place in our society. We need more resources in these communities, and more support. This is my neighborhood and the folks who live in those camps deserve support from the entire community. Shelter beds, rehab facilities, and employment programs. Evictions are at an all time high, a pandemic is raging, and this is your solution?? SHAME on this heartlessness.
Strongly oppose item 91. We should be supporting the community, not criminalizing and stripping more from those in need.
Are we a City of people who care, and assist? or are we a City of people who control and convict? A City who cares would not be looking for more ways to convict, than they are to assist. I want to see our City representatives put their time, energy and money to preventative measures, and assisting our community members in need.
There are easier ways to show you care nothing for the citizens you fail most. Codifying it into legislation takes your passive opinions about the millions experiencing homelessness and demands they suffer far more than they already do. At the rate, this government is going you will soon find ways to criminalize the act of existing in public.
Items like these which indirectly criminalize homlessness continue to encourage the pervasive systemic imbalence in turn responsible for homlessness.
Focus those attentions on aid, resources, housing. Not criminalization.
I strongly OPPOSED this item. The city must not privatize public spaces and criminalize the houseless people living in the streets. The city must increase shelter beds so these folks have somewhere to go. We must have compassion for our houseless brothers and sisters and not force them out of one of the only areas where they can get reliable services. This is unacceptable!
No, we need to pour money into connecting houseless folks with real resources to help them get off of the streets. Making existing even more illegal for unhoused folks will only lead to more police abusing and murdering them. Stop funding more police to hurt marginalized people even more.
I OPPOSE item 91 because it will increase the criminalization of people experiencing homelessness. There are not enough shelter beds or services to help everyone as it is. This does NOTHING to support our unhoused neighbors and is a waste of public funds and time.
It is downright negligent to do this without providing adequate alternatives. As a taxpayer, I am deeply opposed to making things even worse for already vulnerable citizens. Not having an address doesn’t make a person any less a citizen of our city.
No on 91
Rather than providing a solution, this decision will displace and further disenfranchise many of our unhoused neighbors. The city should instead invest in permanent housing and infrastructure for these individuals as well as collaborative community solutions.
Being unhoused is not a crime. I oppose this action as it will be detrimental to the homeless in this area. The city should be working on providing more safe housing options and services for the unhoused instead of creating more health and safety issues for them during a pandemic.
No! We need to support and help our unsheltered community not exile them.
No to 91
We need to stop criminalizing homelessness and instead provide the appropriate resources and assistance to promote rehabilitation. We need to create REAL solutions and fund resources that address the root causes of homelessness. I stand by our unsheltered community and believe providing them with a safe space and resources to get back on their feet should be a top priority for the city.
This obviously criminalizes the unshektered population. Evidence shows this creates violent and unsafe situations for our community memebers and instead of making it harder to exist- we should be giving access to life saving aide. Especially during this time! It’s no ones fault to be houseless and it could happen to any one. This only makes it harder and further drives a wedge between the houseless community and those of us with shelter. Help people, stop hurting people.
These streets are public thoroughfares that county employees use to get to work every day (parking deck on Jefferson and 7th Ave). I regularly use these streets to get to work. The city is aggressively trying to push out unsheltered community members rather than supporting them during this pandemic and it is giving private owners excuses to call the police to criminalize these vulnerable people. This is unconscionable. Please oppose this.
Oppose!
Oppose