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Please get homeless squatters out of our Parks. This group overnight camps every night. Independence Park, south Waterfront in walled area near restrooms. They even have a TV rigged up now. Enough.
Please get homeless squatters out of our Parks. This group overnight camps every night. Independence Park, south Waterfront in walled area near restrooms. They even have a TV rigged up now. Enough.
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Coco (Registered User)
Artsem (Registered User)
Sandra (Registered User)
Anonymous 1234 (Registered User)
Sandra (Registered User)
Anonymous 1234 (Registered User)
The City of Vallejo Municipal Code that outlines this issue can be found here:
Chapter 7.67 - UNLAWFUL CAMPING AND STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY IN PUBLIC
"The use of these areas for camping purposes or storage of personal property interferes with the rights of others to use the areas for which they were intended."
Sandra (Registered User)
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dogwalker (Registered User)
Sandra (Registered User)
dogwalker (Registered User)
Sandra (Registered User)
Anonymous 1234 (Registered User)
Closed Christina E., Community Services Section (CSS) (Registered User)
Thanks for reporting this issue! The Police Department's Community Service Section (CSS) has opened a case for this issue. CSS has one part-time and three full-time employees who are responsible for addressing all quality of life concerns, supporting Neighborhood Watch groups, and working with the Neighborhood Law Program and Code Enforcement to address distressed and dangerous properties. We work hard to investigate each report in a timely manner, and will investigate this report as soon as we possibly can. Please keep in mind there is a lengthy process to remove illegal encampments. If you have any questions, please call our office at (707) 553-7218.
If you witness any suspicious or criminal activity that requires an immediate response, please call 9-1-1.
Sandra (Registered User)
Artsem (Registered User)
dogwalker (Registered User)
I walked through here very late a few nights ago and it looked like a huge party was going on. Dozens of people around, music playing, beer bottles strew around, a few people off their meds talking loudly to themselves.
I think if the city did any of these things, it could help:
-- Install a speaker on the nearby light post, and play annoying music in the middle of the night, like 7-11 does in Portland (link below).
-- Limit the hours. If it isn't already, it should be illegal to even be in the park between 2am and 4am. Those hours shouldn't affect late night walkers and early morning joggers.
-- Remove the wall. This removes the privacy that attracts the homeless. Also the police could just pull up on the road and shine their light across the whole park to see if anyone is sleeping.
-- Install a bright floodlight on the nearby lamppost, pointed directly at the walled in camping area. It could also be programmed to turn on and off erratically, saving power and being more annoying at the same time.
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2019/01/30/25690061/7-eleven-blasts-high-pitched-noise-outside-store-to-deter-homelessness
dogwalker (Registered User)
Another idea is to make it illegal to place any objects on the ground:
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/new-berkeley-anti-homeless-law-aims-to-clear-sidewalks/Content?oid=21709931
Artsem (Registered User)
dogwalker (Registered User)
dogwalker (Registered User)
GiantsFanForever (Registered User)