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Can't get the homeless out of Fox Canyon
Nostalgic: Thank you. You actually understood and articulated the point of the article. It has been extremely frustrating to spend hours just trying to get information from the various City Agencies on what the City can or cannot do and who is responsible for what. The police have been great and we work closely with them. The city needs a case manager! LOL.— December 14, 2018 12:45 a.m.
Can't get the homeless out of Fox Canyon
Actually, we aren’t even allowed to plant bougainvillea or throned plants in the designated protected open spaces where these folks have set up. Which is kind of ironic since they are cutting down trees and disturbing that natural vegetation that’s supposed to be protected.— December 14, 2018 12:39 a.m.
Can't get the homeless out of Fox Canyon
To Alexclarke: Really dude? What an onerous and ignorant comment.— December 14, 2018 12:32 a.m.
Not laziness, not mental illness, not alcoholism, and not mental illness
Although I agree somewhat with Dr. Tichens assessment of our homeless crisis and the cause, I take issue with some of his comments. As I was the person interviewed for this article, I want to clarify that our issue in Fox Canyon is homeless encampments on private, not public property. Totally different circumstance. As a homeowner, we have been told we are responsible, not the City, for getting the police out to remove the people (they are technically trespassing) and bearing the cost of what has been left behind. On public property, the cost is born by the City. We feel that is unfair in that the people living in our canyons have moved there as a result of being removed from downtown. I would also like to know where Dr. Kitchin gets his statistic about most fires being set by people trying to “burn the homeless out”. With the extreme fire hazard in our canyons, someone would have to be crazy to deliberately set a fire. Of the 3 fires that I personally know of in Fox Canyon, they were all accidentally set by the people in the encampments. Sorry, dude, that just is not the happening here. I have heard that some homeless have threatened to burn down the canyon if they are forced to move. I don’t know if that has actually happened. As well, most people I have spoken to in our community are sympathetic to the plight of the homeless. We are not an uncaring community. Our issue is the extreme fire hazard to our neighborhood and the envirnmental hazard the waste and debris cause as it leeches down the storm drains into our oceans. I know as a fact the the SDSP Homeless Outreach Team have approached the people in our canyons to offer them a bed and services to better their situation. Some go but most do not. This has become home to them (in answer to the other comment, why don’t they just move?). To be fair, it may be a matter of too little too late, but the City is attempting to address the multi faceted issue of the homeless and affordable housing. They created the HOT team to help those who are willing to utilise services. They have lowered costs to build and relaxed regulations. They have identified public property to build housing on. I would hope they would give priority to non-profit housing organizations like the CDC and CHW. I think that should be a mandate, in my opinion and I have expressed so to the new City Council President, Georgette Gómez. It will take political will and community acceptance to solve what has become a crisis.— December 13, 2018 7:58 p.m.
Not laziness, not mental illness, not alcoholism, and not mental illness
Moving somewhere else is easier said than done when you have no resources. Many homeless here are working homeless who work but can’t find affordable housing.— December 13, 2018 7:17 p.m.
Jose Lopez's 16-year quest for a peaceful City Heights neighborhood
BTW, the neighbors Jose Lopez is talking about in the yellow house no longer live there.— December 21, 2013 4:24 p.m.
It was always about animals
My 15 year old rescued Yorkie Angelo has been getting treatments from Dr. Redfield for his back and general old dog ailments. It has made a tremendous difference. He is running around like his former self where before he was having trouble walking (his back legs would just give out). If your animals are like your kids (as ours are), I highly recommend Dr. Redfield. She is compassionate and intuitive and very, very kind.— June 1, 2013 12:37 p.m.