#UNDERTHEWX HOW TO#

#UNDERTHEWX HOW TO#

We support our officers as they try to figure out how to manage this mess. We are a family that gives back to our city. And I donate to Loaves & Fishes and the food shelters. I phone when I see drug dealing and illegal camping. With my neighbors, I patrol the streets and report things that aren’t right. He wrote back and said it would never happen again. I shared my concerns with Mayor Steinberg. Homeless advocates harassed me, yelling, “They were there first.” At one council meeting, an audience member threatened me for speaking out. I went to City Council meetings to describe the situation.

All they need are homes and then this will all go away.” No, it won’t. When I wrote to our city leaders, they responded, “These people are just down on their luck. I’ve seen people passed out in the streets with needles in their arms and legs in desperate need of medical attention. Many times, I’ve been in a neighborhood parking lot and found dozens of used needles. The money I handed out went to buy drugs. I used to give handouts to homeless people who looked sick or had children or a dog. Nope, he wants to bring development and new business to Sacramento. You would think Mayor Steinberg would take Measure U money and provide more for public safety. And our leaders have made it clear that ordinances dealing with drug use, camping, urinating in public, setting campfires in the street, panhandling and prostitution are not police priorities.ĭrive along the streets under the W-X freeway. Why? Mayor Darrell Steinberg and City Manager Howard Chan influence police priorities. That means on a daily basis, we have drug-addicted criminals stealing from our porches, breaking into our cars, walking into our grocery and convenient stores, and taking what they want because they know the police won’t do anything about it. Thefts under $950 are now considered misdemeanors. Who thought this was a good idea? And how much money has been given to schools? The initiative was marketed as the “Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.” The pitch was, let’s turn many theft and drug felonies into misdemeanors, not arrest these criminals, keep them out of jail and give the money we save to schools. We started to notice a difference after 2014, when California voters approved Proposition 47. How did this happen? It wasn’t this way 23 or 15 or even 10 years ago.

Drug-addicted transients who choose to be homeless are taking over our neighborhood.

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