๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฒ - ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ฌ
We'll give the "safety" PAC one thing; they never weary of repeating the same lies, no matter how tired and disproven. Like QAnon minions everywhere, the theory of local extremists seems to be, "keep repeating the lies until people believe them."
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๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ "๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐." BCFAC is a Facebook group run by a handful of people that literally spend their entire waking hours with the police scanner running, the calls and reports of crimes the entire background of their lives. Years of living this way has fed intense fear and paranoia. While the page sometimes just reports the actual call details as they come in (without meaningful context), they just as often extrapolate about the details, filling in with wild fantasies about the horrors and dangers of the city we live in. Anyone who points out their errors is blocked from the page, and that's fine of course, it's a private page, but ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฌ ๐ "๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐" ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ. Who's their next "source" for mindless, paranoid gossip, Kim Kardashian?
The police arresting someone (or several someones) from out of town literally says nothing about whether folks living unsheltered on our streets are from Chico or not. It means that the arrested individual was from out of town. If anything, it demonstrates that the homeless in our community, the majority of whom lived here when they became homeless, didn't commit those crimes.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐:
Review local numbers
The New York Times addressed this issue
The Editor of the Chico ER also recently addressed this issue
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐จ, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ.
A study was done on the criminalization effect of Sit/Lie on Chico crime and it clearly demonstrated an increase of crime around peoples homes. No surprise that that if you give people no place to go and make desperate people even more desperate, you see an increase in crime.
Meanwhile, a study that came out last month showed that crime did not go up, and in some cases actually went down, when Safe Space hosted low-barrier shelter in a neighborhood.
๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
โข We need a sanctioned tent camp.
โข We need low-barrier shelter.
โข We need the city to commit, along with county state and federal agencies, to supporting and implementing real solutions.
โข We need solutions that won't get the city sued.
โข We need solutions that wonโt continue to costs thousands of dollars every week or two, all in the name of making peopleโs lives miserable.
โข We need solutions that wonโt drive the next crime wave by pushing people into the Avenues, the neighborhoods and alleys, in search of something to help them make it through the night.
๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
Please contact the council and let them know we need actual solutions.
Send an email with "Chico City Council" in the subject line to:
debbie.presson@chicoca.gov dani.roger@chicoca.gov stina.cooley@chicoca.gov
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐
๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ
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