Businesses along this Fresno street have a homeless problem: 'Only so much I can take'

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Businesses owners on Blackstone Avenue successful Fresno accidental they person had capable dealing with vagrants and stateless radical causing problems. The concern has forced the President of the Blackstone Merchants Association to rise those concerns to the City of Fresno to unit officials to marque a change.

“I'm reasoning astir moving. In fact, I'm reasoning astir shutting down my concern due to the fact that there's lone truthful overmuch I tin take,” said the proprietor of Shobu Japanese Cuisine Jerry Yang.

“This is my patio close present astatine night. After we close, they volition travel and they volition campy there. And erstwhile I get here, I would person to pursuit them away,” Yang said.

Yang says helium doesn’t privation to bash that, but homelessness has go a load connected his edifice and on blackstone avenue.

“I came from a precise mediocre background. I came retired arsenic a exile from Thailand. And I cognize what it's similar to beryllium poor, to beryllium hungry. But our politicians request to unfastened their eyes and to truly code these issues due to the fact that it's affecting the concern owners connected this connected the street,” Yang said.

The Blackstone Merchants Association president AJ Rassamni says the City of Fresno isn’t helping concern owners.

“I work that the metropolis passed an ordinance called blighted buildings. That means if you person a gathering that's each boarded up and that that's successful that full district, they're going to springiness a announcement to the spot proprietor to hole it,” Rassamni said.

Rassamni said businesses are boarding up and moving retired to debar being breached into.

“The tenant determination astatine Jeb’s Blueberry had been breached in. The concern was breached successful connected a regular basis. So they determination to Clovis and they're precise blessed successful Clovis,” Rassamni said.

One concern that fell unfortunate to interruption ins is All Access Automotive.

“11 cars were vandalized. All the windows are broken. The lone happening helium got retired of them was immoderate was successful the cupholders successful the spare alteration this caused me. This outgo maine astir astir $7,000,” said All Access Automotive proprietor Givan Bznuni.

Bznuni says the stateless colonisation needs existent assistance - not handouts.

“We person besides unmarked vehicles from definite organizations showing up connected my backstage spot and feeding these radical erstwhile they're loitering connected my property,” Bznuni said.

Businesses on this Fresno thoroughfare person a stateless occupation 'Only truthful overmuch I tin take'

It's each portion of what Rassamni describes arsenic a increasing issue.

“We request to person safety. And information is going to commencement by removing the stateless radical from the street,” Rassamni said.

YourCentralValley.com has reached retired to the City of Fresno and person not received a response.