Posted on 05/02/2023 5:42:58 AM PDT by CFW
The City of Phoenix attempted to buy time after being ordered to clean up a large homeless encampment in downtown Phoenix known as "The Zone," but a judge denied their request.
Phoenix wanted to get rid of the court-imposed July 10 deadline, and they made the argument that it wasn't enough time to handle the situation effectively.
"The city respectfully asks the Court to stay enforcement while the appeal is pending given the significance of issues raised and the far-reaching implications of the Order, both in legal and humanitarian terms."
The city said that while they "share the Court's concerns, the City must retain discretion to create shelter, heat relief, and public service programs without the burdens of a judicially imposed cleanup" amid the upcoming extreme heat, they said in a court document filed in Maricopa County Superior Court last week.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Put the City of Phoenix Mayor and her Demonicrat chain of command in jail until the court order cleanup is carried out.
We cannot truly fix most drug addicts and mentally ill homeless people. Best we can do is move them out of the way.
Prison camps can be built cheaply way out in the desert. Call them "treatment facilities" and call it good.
Or spend some real money on asylums with more humane treatment for the inmates. Like we once did.
It's not for them. It is for us.
Only really powerful people are in a position to deny an ask.
The rest of us are relegated to denying requests.
There’s no seriousness when it comes to homelessness in these progressive paradises. People in temporary need often have no recourse particularly if you don’t have children in tow. The chronically homeless don’t want responsibility or can’t take responsibility for their lives but that’s where the resources are spent. Tent cities and overlooking use of downtown sidewalks as restrooms is not a viable solution.
I have helped the housing insecure going so far as to open my home at times yet I’m amazed to see they end up back in the same situation. I don’t have the wealth to be a permanent meal ticket. I also don’t want to be drowned by such situations. It’s at great risk and cost emotionally and financially. They can turn to emotional blackmail or threats as well. One of my good friends has had various group homes through her charity and discovered some people don’t want to fix the fundamentals in their lives.
At what point to we say a person has to be accountable for themselves or failing the capacity to thrive on their own be subject to a guardianship? The system is revolving door that does too much for some which it didn’t really help and nothing for others who might avoid an unrecoverable fall with a little guidance and temporary assistance. If you’re a single person with no kids and not on drugs or mentally ill you find you’re not a priority for anyone. It’s shameful
They still have until July 10. What happens if they don’t do it? Obviously a contempt of court charge.
Didn’t Phoenix used to have a large outdoor area where prisoners were kept? I know that the ‘new sheriff’ made a big deal of taking it down, but I’d assume the vacant land is still there and maybe the tents and cots used might still be in storage.
Or, as we locals call it, the "Toasty" time.
Please be more circumspect with your willingness to “OPEN YOUR HOME” to these people.
IF you are “AMAZED” that they continually end up right back where they were-—”YOU ARE NOT READING THE TEA LEAVES WELL”
YOUR OWN SURVIVAL needs to be your ONLY pathway.
“ask”? in the headline?
Professional homeless advocates are deadly serious about the city funding they get for prolonging the problem.
Here’s another view: https://www.bing.com/maps/?cp=33.447136%7E-112.08482&lvl=17.2&pi=-10.7&style=x&dir=167.9
That was Sheriff Joe.
Too bad they got rid of him.
Solved.
One just has to laugh at this “...without the burdens of a judicially imposed cleanup...”
Seriously? That is the semi-polite way to say, “Your Honor? We would like to thumb our noses at you, should you just grant us permission to do so. 👍🐽”
I work just down the street from this.
Fellow co-workers have talked about not feeling safe just walking from their car to our building.
The homeless camp is walking distance to the central business district, which may explain why the area is perceived as sketchy and under-utilized, particularly after dark. Indeed, we recently stayed at a hotel in the Central business district (we had an early flight the next day), and we had concerns for our safety walking the streets after dark, and a lot of other people apparently felt the same because the area was all but abandoned except for the homeless and zombie drug addicts.
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