In this political environment, it doesn't seem like the ACLU is going to get a favorable ruling on appeal. Maybe they should save their money and let this go.
Some of the RVs are neat and clean and some are a real mess. Moving every 72 hours will force them to clean up after themselves. One does not have to be messy.
I walk my dog almost every day and I've noticed a number of vehicles that someone is living in popping up in different locations in town. They seem to have figured out how to live for years without disturbing anyone. And they know where to get showers and what a welcoming place the library is.
Agreed! They obviously love it here or they'd pack up and move.
What needs to happen is immediate construction of housing so the these folks can get their feet back on the ground. And the city needs to leave well enough alone until they help that happen, or they're just treating a symptom of the housing crisis.
Between the frustratingly opaque Woodmark Apartments delay in getting tenants in there, the barriers to building new housing dragging construction down to a glacial pace, and now this publicly funded boondoggle of a court case, it seems like the ideal scenario for some would be for nobody to live in Sebastopol at all.
In this political environment, it doesn't seem like the ACLU is going to get a favorable ruling on appeal. Maybe they should save their money and let this go.
Agreed, especially post Grants Pass v Johnson.
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/603/23-175/
Some of the RVs are neat and clean and some are a real mess. Moving every 72 hours will force them to clean up after themselves. One does not have to be messy.
I walk my dog almost every day and I've noticed a number of vehicles that someone is living in popping up in different locations in town. They seem to have figured out how to live for years without disturbing anyone. And they know where to get showers and what a welcoming place the library is.
Agreed! They obviously love it here or they'd pack up and move.
What needs to happen is immediate construction of housing so the these folks can get their feet back on the ground. And the city needs to leave well enough alone until they help that happen, or they're just treating a symptom of the housing crisis.
Between the frustratingly opaque Woodmark Apartments delay in getting tenants in there, the barriers to building new housing dragging construction down to a glacial pace, and now this publicly funded boondoggle of a court case, it seems like the ideal scenario for some would be for nobody to live in Sebastopol at all.
More space for bike lanes might be a perverse rationale….
From all the pictures in this article, not one shows a blocked bike lane.
With the ACLU going for an appeal, unfortunately this isn't even the final word on the subject.