John Shelter
Member since Feb 18, 2016
Recent Comments
Re: “Push and Pull”
It is not worthless it is part of the ten year plan. I could have employed a lot of homeless individuals!
Posted by
John Shelter
on 02/18/2016 at 4:42 PM
Re: “UPDATED: Eureka City Council to Consider Camping Ban”
I feel like I met a history class and nobody's listening. This is not the first time an ordinance has been created to Outlaw camping and it's understandable. However this effort as all other efforts that came before it will be challenged again and everything will be put on hold and nothing will get done. I've been in this field for over 25 years and it's the same thing every single time. If we don't want people in areas that we don't want them then we need to create an area that we do want them that we control. If you just look at the wording we are pushing these human beings because they have no roof over their head outside of the city so we don't have to look at them again? The idea is to create a structured environment that they would be comfortable going to that's under the control that can keep maintenance health and safety issues at a very bare minimum. The goal would be to make it self-sufficient but only transitional. Currently city employees and County employees are told not to go into wetlands and forested areas without law enforcement. Although we've been doing it without law enforcement 4 over 13 years with the homeless population. This instead of putting the penalty for panhandling on the person obstructing traffic driving in the car we tried to create ordinances that prevented that person from holding a sign. Right now with COVID these people should have been put under protection anyway as they are the most vulnerable ones we have out there. they do not have four walls and a roof to protect themselves they do not have clean bathrooms or places where they can put their trash. Everybody's worried about the virus spreading well if it gets into the homeless population well checkmate