๐”๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐„๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ 2/2/21 ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ขng

I had the good fortune of finding frost on my car when I left my warm house this morning.

I canโ€™t help but think of all those who slept out in the cold without this same privilege.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ. Chico PD has already been onsite, warning people to be gone by noon or face possible citations/arrest. Many of the people there are folks that were already rousted from lower park.

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.

The ten rooms that the Torres Shelter was able to reserve for the two week quarantine to transfer people in are all full.

Camping anywhere in the city remains illegal. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’.

๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž, ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

The one thing they accomplished Tuesday evening (and this was truly great news) was to approve directing CDBG funding for CHAT to purchase/lease a motel, which would allow them to house some people, but will still likely take months.

Safe Parking was shot down.

Support for the BMX location was tepid at best โ€“ they agreed to allow exploration of options for the site to continue (saying the only reason they did was because it would come back before council again), but not to approve any city funding for it, even with the offer from an anonymous donor to pay $300,000 of the $600,000 needed for part of that project. At best, assuming this project comes back as privately funded (or funded through the CoC, which could take 9 months to a year) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐, it is likely a year out.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐๐ž๐š๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž.

She prefaced her comments by saying, โ€œtheyโ€™re going to call me a homeless hater,โ€ creating some drama for her followers to latch on to.

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ [๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ] ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฅ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.โ€

I kid you not. Faced with a humanitarian crisis on our streets (and on the streets of cities nationwide, lest you think it is only here), she wants to retrofit the council chambers. But then we knew that when she was running; she showed a stunning lack of understanding or empathy for those on our streets.

๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ค๐ž๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ:

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ bring a sign to show support for folks there, film what goes on, and bear witness.

๐ˆ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐›๐ž ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ. Activists onsite have offered to assist those who would like help to try to move.

Keep pressure on the city council, city manager, and Chief of Police.
Thatโ€™s about it. There arenโ€™t many more options for us to support people right now than there are options for places for them to go.

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