{"id":1164,"date":"2013-07-12T01:36:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-12T01:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=1164"},"modified":"2013-07-20T01:40:37","modified_gmt":"2013-07-20T01:40:37","slug":"palo-alto-powwow-7-13-2-pm-fight-the-homes-on-wheels-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/palo-alto-powwow-7-13-2-pm-fight-the-homes-on-wheels-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto PowWow 7-13 2 PM: Fight the Homes-on-Wheels Ban!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Excellent speaker:\u00a0 Paul Boden
\nWestern regional director
\nR.A.P.
\nSan francisco, CA.INVITATION TO ATTEND A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION<\/p>\n

As long as the government continues to willfully abdicate its moral responsibility to house the homeless, it has no business enacting oppressive ordinances to hound, harass, and criminalize them. Instead
\nof attacking the homeless, as people of conscience we have an obligation to join together with them to end the polarization of rich and poor and build a society with true liberty and justice for all.<\/p>\n

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON THE HOMELESS BILL OF RIGHTS
\nTIME: 2 PM
\nSATURDAY, JULY 13
\nPLACE: UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 505 E CHARLESTON RD, PALO ALTO<\/p>\n

Those who refuse to be involved, simply deserve whatever comes to\u00a0 them<\/p>\n

Making Mountains Out Of Mole Hills<\/h1>\n

by Tony Ciampi<\/a>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0July 12, 2013<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/paloaltofreepress.com\/making-mountains-out-of-mole-hills\/<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

When it comes to vehicle dwellers, the City of Palo Alto appears to be making mountains out of mole hills.\"mole<\/a>
\nAt the May 14, 2013 and June 25, 2013 Policy and Services Committee Meetings Police Chief Dennis Burns and Assistant Police Chief Bob Beacom presented statistics on calls for service related to vehicle dwellers to the Committee as justification for a Vehicle Habitation Ordinance.
\nCity staff and the police department appeared to be claiming the number of incidents related to vehicle dwellers were significant and therefore require a Vehicle Habitation Ordinance to resolve those problems.\u00a0 These numbers have been widely disseminated to the community in an effort to generate support of an ordinance.
\nHowever, what has been brought to light or discovered through a California Public Records Request is that on average, over the last three and half years calls related to vehicle dwellers was only 0.000667% of all calls for service.\u00a0 Based upon these facts, the calls and problems caused by vehicle dwellers when compared to the total number of calls for service and problems caused by all other residents are inconsequential.
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\nThese statistics prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Vehicle Habitation is not a problem and that an ordinance is not necessary.
\nWe don\u2019t even know if the calls were legitimate or what the final outcome produced.
\nThe City of Palo Alto and the Police Department has refused to provide the details of the 159 calls for service related to vehicle dwellers even though the city has the information available and provides similar information to the media and public on a regular basis.
\nA second request has been submitted to the city for the details of the 159 calls for service related to vehicle dwellers.\u00a0 It remains to be seen if the City will comply with the request or perpetuate its secrecy.
\nPublic Records Request and City Stats:<\/strong>
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