Homeless Advocates need you at Fresno City council mtg 8/29 9am
If you are in or around Fresno CA.. please come to the City council meeting if you can.
Let your voice be heard!
City Council, Thursday, 9 a.m.
With the evictions earlier this week the situation for our homeless residents in Fresno is becoming untenable. There is another mass eviction scheduled for next week, and again the week after. We are in a crisis, and the situation continues to deteriorate.
We are trying to get a large turnout of homeless advocates at this Thursday's City Council meeting, which starts at 8:30 a.m. The
President of the Council has advised us to arrive at 9 a.m. to speak in open session.
We need both people willing to speak and other supporters in the audience. If you are willing to speak, fill out the yellow card and give it to the clerk at the computer station in the front. We will each have three minutes. Say what you like about the folly of these repeated homeless evictions. A positive alternative we are promoting is the establishment of safe and legal campgrounds, an option that is meeting with increased success across the country. There is no reason that Fresno could not have such campgrounds, with toilets and running water, garbage collection, storage lockers, and enough supervision to keep people reasonably safe.
Please Help! There is a window of opportunity right now to get the council's attention. Let's not miss this opportunity.
click below if you want to click on their name so you can email them.
http://www.fresno.gov/Government/CityCouncil/Default.htm
To contact any of the Council Members, please call (559) 621-8000
Blong Xiong (supports the homeless)
Councilmember District 1
Email FAX (559) 268-1043
Sal Quintero
Councilmember District 5
Email FAX (559) 490-5395
Steve Brandau
Councilmember District 2
Email FAX (559) 621-7892
Lee Brand
Councilmember District 6
Email FAX (559) 621-7896
Oliver L. Baines III
Councilmember District 3
Email FAX (559) 621-7893
Clint Olivier
Councilmember District 7
Email FAX (559) 498-2541
Paul Caprioglio
Councilmember District 4
Email FAX (559) 621-7848
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Ashley Swearengin, Mayor
2600 Fresno Street
Room 2075
Fresno, CA 93721
(559) 621-8000
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and incase you need more info check out these two links
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023547400
history of attacks and abuse on the HOmeless by the City of Fresno
http://fresnoalliance.com/wordpress/?p=1313