This looks like the wrong department was assigned to fix this request again! In 2022 the Vallejo Police Department was awarded $900,000 to establish the Vallejo Integrated Health and Response Team. Better put that IHART funding to use.

IHART will also be equipped to provide referrals and connections to additional relevant providers and additional stakeholders that include mental health care providers, inpatient referrals, outpatient services, homelessness service providers, linkages to shelters and housing navigation for clients experiencing homelessness, substance abuse disorder providers, and linkages to other basic needs and community supports.

CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN NT FIX THIS

at least no one is mentioning Martin v. City of Boise - 920 F.3d 584 (9th Cir. 2019)
which does NOT give the unhoused carte blanche to erect structures and camp anywhere. Both Oakland and Culver City have successfully fought this.

So upside down, that these illegal camping folks have so many rights??? So much money set aside and wasted on these folks, with no verifiable results. It is so wrong.
Why doesn't the police and city strong arm them......are any of them gonna actually secure a lawyer and effectively fight an eviction and removal of their belongings.?

It looks as though Solano county has funds to fix this, why not?

The California Board of State and Community Corrections awarded Solano County $1,354,363 from the board’s Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. These funds will be used to establish a program to provide appropriate mental healthcare services to allow diversion and prevention in the form of treatment instead of incarceration and reduce system involvement in the community.

Let’s get to work! When can we expect results?

The California Board of State and Community Corrections awarded the Vallejo Police Department (VPD) nearly $1,000,000 from the board’s Proposition 47 grant program. These funds will be used for VPD’s Project HOME (Homeless Outreach). For persons experiencing homelessness and mild to moderate mental health and/or substance use disorders.

Vallejo has a permanent Homeless Manager. Natalie Peterson is tasked with developing and managing a comprehensive program to coordinate Vallejo’s response to serving the city’s unsheltered population.

Great! Looks like that there’s ample funding for the COV administration to fix this!

Well, they sure aren't doing a darn thing now are they? Where's the $1!M dollars going?

The reported encampment is on City property, and recent federal court cases have restricted removal of homeless encampments on public property. In Martin v. City of Boise, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision, finding that the City of Boise’s prohibition against sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment when no alternative shelter is available. Thus, cities cannot enforce camping/lodging prohibitions if their local homeless population faces inadequate shelter space. However, the City will continue to monitor the location and assist with clean-ups when appropriate.

I encourage you to reach out to the mayor and council member for your area and ask for assistance with this issue.

Is the mayor going to attend the ribbon ceremony for completing the Blue Oak landing? There are 74 units available to serve individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness.
When can these persons be relocated to these apartments located 2118 Sacramento Street?

When theses spaces become available the Ninth circuit court ruling is no longer an excuse for Code Enforcement to not provide services to the public!

Vallejo is starting to look like a dump around all the waterways. It is disgraceful nothing is being done about this. The encampments are full of trash and trashed cars in the water. Tons of bikes and car parts all over the place, they must be doing some sort of business. Cars on the trails - look at the encampment by Wilson and Sacramento. They are building wood structures.

Now that the Code Enforcement Division is part of the Building and Planning Department there has been a significant decline in Code Enforcement services. The expectation has become mere copy paste responses to Vallejo’s requests for action.

In Martin v. City of Boise, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision, finding that the City of Boise’s prohibition against sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment when no alternative shelter is available. Thus, cities cannot enforce camping/lodging prohibitions if their local homeless population faces inadequate shelter

not so, while the city has to allow folks to sleep outdoors if no other place is available
It does not give the homeless the right to sleep anywhere and erect structures

“Councilmember Mina Loera-Diaz pushed for the council to add two additional officers, arguing that moving the department out of the police department would help attract more qualified candidates and that having a fully staffed code enforcement division would make money for the city, hopefully bringing in more revenue than the employees’ salaries.

“These folks are out there bringing in revenue,” Loera-Diaz said. "If the positions are out there marketed properly and not under the police department anymore we should be able to fill them."

Code enforcement deals with whether properties are properly maintained and also orders removal of homeless people from private property.”

To be clear… property owners in Vallejo are the source of the revenue? Code Enforcement is currently unable to provide basic services? Adding officers to be trained by the current Code Enforcement employees will just lead to more bystanders. This is bad policy.
Fix this please.