Let's start with the obvious.

𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.

6 picnic tables. Exposed asphalt 6 miles from town. No way to store property securely. No way to clean yourself or your clothing. In the middle of a fire danger zone.

Up to 571 people can be confined here - and that is the intention of the city. It looks like an internment camp because that's what it is.

Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) filed suit against the city of Chico on Thursday in the U.S. District Court in Sacramento. LSNC previously warned the city they were out of compliance with the law and faced potential litigation back in January.
Nonetheless, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲-𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐐𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐲, 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬, potentially losing the city hundreds of thousands in funding, and are now costing the city hundreds of thousands more to fight a lawsuit based on their specific decision to make people's live miserable.

𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨

Ever seen that joke office sign, "The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves?" It was amusing until we realized it’s the actual strategy the City of Chico is putting it into action against the homeless…

Gallery of pictures from the March 2nd City Hall Evictions Protest

While we are long past being particularly surprised by Bay-Area transplant Rob Berry's demagoguery, we were surprised to see him openly threaten community members and city leaders last week. The latest salvo in his long drawn out war to make Chico into a pristine enclave free of the unsightly riff-raff, is this letter (see pics) he sent last week threatening city leaders and community members with vigilante action.

We are demanding that city leadership, city council, and Chico PD publicly denounce this behavior and make clear that threats and vigilantism aren't acceptable…