Fremont to vote to ban homeless campsite in public spaces – KTVU FOX 2 SAN FRANCISCO

Fremonth, California. – The Fremont City Council will vote on an ordinance on Tuesday, which illegally make any person camp on any public property, including any street, sidewalk, park, open space or water road.

This would not prevent anyone from allowing someone from camping private property.

The Ordinance also says that this would violate any person who causes, resolves, assists, encourages or conceals a violation of the ordinance. Violators will be a fine of up to $ 1,000 and six months in prison.

Fremont Mayor Raj Salvan says that the purpose of the Council is to use only extremes that threaten public safety.

“You can give food, you can give water, tent, you can help people. The only thing you can’t do is that you can’t build houses for river trees,” Salvan said. “You cannot build large structures that may pose a fire hazard. They are not safe for the community, and are also not safe for our persons who are not unwanted.”

Salvan says that the city has reduced homelessness by 21% in the last two years, has created 2000 additional housing units and continues to offer non -admission services and resources.

However, some defenders say they seem to be punished, as well as people who are trying to help them.

Josh Petipus says he helps people at a camp near the boulevard in Fremont and Washington for years.

He was once a homeless man, but now he serves the community as part of the Melino Foundation with headquarters in Newark.

Pettipiece says the new Fremont Ordinance will already allow homeless people and advocates to be punished.

“He also says that anyone who helps and sticks can be caught in this category. She says they will not direct them, but it makes it legitimate to be able to,” Petriyus said.

A city spokesman says the term “support and maintenance” is a common language used by other cities in terms of all code violations.