Posted on 09/28/2017 4:19:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Los Gatos homeowner is worried people living in a downtown homeless encampment will start a wildfire, killing themselves, his family, tenants and neighbors. John Whitney says he’s been trying for years to get authorities to clean up the encampment, to no avail.
The encampment runs alongside Highway 17 behind the post office.
Ironically, there’s a blackboard at the encampment’s entrance that reads, “Stay Alive.”
“This is a fire hazard right here,” Whitney said, pointing to a discarded pizza box, and sleeping and garbage bags. “The amount of dumping is unbelievable. Last year, Caltrans came out but nothing happened.”
Caltrans did not respond to requests for comment.
But Town Manager Laurel Prevetti said the town is already working with Caltrans on the problem. “We have worked with them in the past to clear other encampments,”Prevetti said in an email. “We are working with our contacts in that agency to address this current situation. As you can imagine, the state is inundated with homeless camp removal requests. Caltrans assesses the request, determines necessary personnel and equipment, and schedules the job of removing property/trash and the people.”
Prevetti went on to say the town has offered transients social services when camps have been cleared in the past.
“The town has also discussed the potential wildfire concern with the fire department,” she said.
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I do NOT remember any German cops,but knew many Irish ones. Some had served in WWI-——VERY tough guys.
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Well of course the time period I was referring to was 1840 so sorry about that.
“Well of course the time period I was referring to was 1840 so sorry about that.”
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Nothing to be sorry for——I’m so old sometimes I feel like I’ve been around since 1840.:-)
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Civic life was pleasant. You could walk with the family without being accosted by druggies, bums, deranged psychopaths and dodging turds. It is amazing that we tolerate this level of coarseness and degradation. I guess there are hardly any people left who remember how it used to be.
It may yet come again.
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