Leaders in the City of Santa Cruz want to support the homeless community in their city, but do not want to be a dumping ground for other cities to send their unhoused. So, they are making it illegal to do so.
Dustin DorseySanta Cruz wants to support the homeless community in their city, but do not want to be a dumping ground for other cities to send their unhoused.
Mayor Fred Keeley says efforts have led to a more than 50% decrease in street homelessness in the past two years."We don't need, under the cover of darkness and stealthy and tricky maneuvers, for some city to move their problem to us," Keeley said. "That's not the right way to do it."The video shows a San Rafael police officer dropping off a homeless man and his belongings in a residential area in San Francisco.
Keeley says the woman is from Las Vegas and had no ties to his city, but Hanford officers in plain clothes in a police car took her anyways without previous arrangement. "We would have cited those police officers," Keeley said. "It would have been a crime, a misdemeanor. And let me tell you what I think is going to actually happen. I think this is going to have the deterrent effect we're looking for."We reached out to the City of Hanford, a spokesperson told us the woman, who previously rejected local homeless resources, requested transport somewhere else.
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