{"id":807,"date":"2013-03-01T00:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T00:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/?p=807"},"modified":"2013-03-05T00:07:57","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T00:07:57","slug":"encampments-in-operation-fresno-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huffsantacruz.org\/wordpress\/encampments-in-operation-fresno-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Encampments in Operation–Fresno-style"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NOTES FROM NORSE:<\/p>\n

The City of Fresno, though also attacking homeless encampments, has also been set back by successful lawsuits.\u00a0 Plus the sheer volume of homeless people setting up camp in these houseless times because they have to.\u00a0 In response Mike Rhodes and the Fresno Homeless Alliance has been providing TP and dumpsters as well as servicing to deal with the public health crisis that the City will not.\u00a0 Santa Cruz activists, contemplating encampments here, might cast an eye Fresno-wise.<\/p>\n

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To: (lots of folks)
\nFrom: MikeRhodes@comcast.net<\/a>
\nDate: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 17:01:50 -0800
\nSubject: [FresnoHomelessAdvocates] We are out of TP<\/p>\n

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This afternoon I delivered the last 30 rolls of donated toilet paper to the homeless encampments in downtown Fresno.\u00a0 As you may know, we have seven portable toilets in 4 different encampments and they go through a lot of TP.\u00a0 I have hired a homeless guy to supply each of the portable toilets with TP each day.\u00a0 He puts 3 rolls in a locked dispenser and keeps the portable toilets free of clothing and other trash.\u00a0 It is really working out great, except that now we are completely out of TP.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
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If you can help, please drop off packages of TP to my office at the Fresno Center for Nonviolence, 1584 N Van Ness (on the southeast corner of Van Ness and McKinley).\u00a0 We are open Monday – Friday from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.\u00a0 You can also call the center at 237-3223 – Richard Gomez is often there before or after regular hours (and weekends) and can let you in to drop off the TP.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Alternatively, you can send a check to The Eco Village Project of Fresno, C\/O Mike Rhodes, 4773 N Arthur Ave, Fresno Ca 93705 and we can buy TP in bulk at wholesale prices.\u00a0 Either way works, but we need to do something soon.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Also, we have placed a couple of large trash bins at 2 of the homeless encampments and that is helping to keep them a lot cleaner.\u00a0 Again, I\u2019m hiring homeless people to do the difficult work of clearing the garbage from the encampments and putting it into the dumpsters.\u00a0 This has been going on for a couple of weeks now and you can see a big difference in the encampments where we have located the trash bins.\u00a0 You can help support this effort by sending a check to the above address.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mike Rhodes
\nEditor
\nCommunity Alliance Newspaper
\nPO Box 5077
\nFresno Ca 93755
\n(559) 978-4502<\/a> (cell)
\n(559) 226-3962 (fax)
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