๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐จ. โค
Ask the Chico City Council to Allocate $350,000 to Safe Space Winter Shelter for Shelter and Services on November 17th
Unfortunately, no one who was elected to the Chico City Council has proposed any realistic solutions, only additional criminalization of those living on our streets, and this means that our advocacy for solutions will become that much more critical in the next two years.
๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก.
Safe Space Winter Shelter has invested heavily in access to the old EDD building on Carmichael. The building, even during a pandemic, could provide shelter for up to 150 people.
This is critical for several reasons, not the least because if they do not get access to this building, there will be no winter shelter option for people living on the streets this year. Safe Space will not be able to provide a rotating shelter as they have in the past.
They need approximately $350,000 to make this a reality, and that money in combination with what they already have, will provide 6 months of sheltering and services. It also buys them time to work on permanent housing solutions and to seek additional funding.
This is not only the most humane thing we can do for people on the streets, it is also a benefit for the community. It offers a place for people to go outside the parks and greenways and puts them in touch with service providers who can provide case management and housing navigation.
It's just the right thing to do.
As people are cleared from encampments and the temperatures drop, the likelihood that more people will die on our streets this winter increases exponentially. It is very realistic to request that the Chico City Council appropriate this funding at their next meeting on the 17th, and ensure that organizations like Safe Space have a chance to house people in coming months, as the new council majority ramps up policing of an already vulnerable population.
What can you do? We need to have a massive outreach campaign to the sitting councilmembers who could vote for this initiative, and it needs to happen fast.
We have created an idea on the Chico Engaged Website; please go there and upvote the idea, as well as leave comments on it for the Council. You can do that here: Request the Chico City Council Appropriate Funding for Safe Space Winter Shelter
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Itโs a chance for the current council to secure a legacy of doing good for the community, and one last chance to protect people living on the streets.
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