𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧! 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 “𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥” 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞

Feb 14

Local right-wing extremists spent plenty of time nattering on about “cancel culture” last year, so it’s ironic that their latest tactic is to try to “cancel” the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force (GCHTF).

𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝟓.𝟏𝟎, 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐘'𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐎 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄

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Oppose Item 5.10

EMail the Council Directly to Oppose this Move:

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞:

If you’re not familiar, GCHTF has been around for about 25 years. It’s an ad hoc committee that brings together service providers, city staff, an appointed councilmember (more about this later), and the general public. It holds monthly meetings to brainstorm, educate, share concerns, best practices, needs and basically discuss anything and everything related to homelessness in our community. It receives no direct funding from the city, although the city did agree to pay for web hosting last year, at a total cost of $216.

For that money, GCHTF has done incredible good, and served as an incubator for many important initiatives, including:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 operated by Chico Community Shelter Partnership, now known as True North Housing Alliance

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐂𝐇𝐓𝐅 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 in order to receive funds from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), for the prevention of homelessness and to assist those experiencing homelessness. In 2008, the Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care became its own organization with financial assistance from various jurisdictions and agencies of Butte County.

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐇𝐂𝐓𝐅 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐧 regarding his experience using the Housing First model for our community in 2016.

𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟕𝟐 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐂𝐇𝐓𝐅 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 on issues related to homelessness. Social service providers, interested community members and people experiencing homelessness share information, services available, gaps in service and connect partners.

So why would this group suddenly be disbanded or re-formed as a city commission?

𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲” 𝐏𝐀𝐂:

“𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑇𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝐹𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑟𝑒-𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑢𝑙. 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝐶𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.”

Of course, that comment is a lie. The task force meetings are open to the public and always have been.

But the point of that ‘safety” PAC was never truth or actual solutions.

In fact, Denlay threw a temper fit that the item wasn’t originally placed on the agenda for the February 16th council meeting. (See pics)

Disbanding an organization that uses virtually no city resources and does great good takes on a special urgency when you work for the people who paid for your seat.

Or maybe the point is that she is desperate to avoid ever attending a meeting. She is the council appointee to the task force, though she has not ever attended a meeting. Despite the fact that the meetings are scheduled for the third Thursday of every month and have been for many years, she couldn’t figure out when the meeting was happening, or how to get information about that.

In fact, Denlay has never, in the 25 years existence of the task force, attended a single meeting of the group she is attempting to disband.

A group that she of all people desperately needs. Her ignorance in all things related to homelessness is stunning and disheartening. From saying that 30% of the people on the streets are "unregistered sex offenders," (a complete lie, but hey, serves to further demonize people she wants to disappear) to using the bible to justify starving people, her ignorance and open hostility to those living in poverty is horrifying.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭.

The GCHTF sent a letter to council requesting that they find shelter options before evicting people from the parks. And suddenly a 25-year old organization that has played a unique role in supporting community-based solutions should go.

The current council won’t tolerate any organizations working towards solutions because their goal is to force people to leave they attack service providers and organizations, saying they are part of the "homeless industrial complex" even when that work has proven effective, and in this case, virtually FREE.

𝐆𝐂𝐇𝐓𝐅 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.

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