Greetings!
Homeless Action has been trying to place a porta-potty near the homeless encampment on the Joe Rodota Trail in Roseland. We placed one on the trail two weeks ago, and the County ordered the company which supplied it to remove it. We received an email recently from the County Counsel's Office (Board of Supervisor's Lawyer).
"The Joe Rodota Trail is not an appropriate place for people to camp, and Parks cannot place services to facilitate people camping there. The County has met and continues to meet its legal responsibility to offer housing alternatives to the people who are currently occupying the Trail, and there are sufficient housing alternatives available to the people who choose to access them. There is not a derogation of the County’s legal responsibility to provide services to people, and the County is deeply concerned about the public health and safety risks that have arisen on the Trail as a result of people illegally camping there.We hope to work with you to ensure people are encouraged to access the homeless system of care, and that they not continue to gather to camp in large numbers which create more danger and risks to public health and safety as a result. "
Apparently denial of toilets to homeless encampments isn't limited to Santa Rosa.
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