City of Fresno camping ban to go into effect next week

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Next week, the Fresno Police Department volition enforce a caller instrumentality to region stateless encampments crossed the city.

Many thought this ordinance would beryllium rolled retired Thursday arsenic the Fresno City Council passed the ordinance connected August 16th.

However, according to the mayor's office, Dyer didn't motion it until August 22nd, truthful nether metropolis rules, the prohibition goes into effect adjacent Monday, astir a period aft helium signed it.

The ordinance prohibits camping, sitting oregon lying connected nationalist places including streets, sidewalks and alleys.

However, stateless advocator Dez Martinez says this is not a solution.

"If you guys privation america disconnected the street, past we request a determination for radical that privation assistance to spell to truthful they're not beaten, truthful they're not raped oregon stabbed," Martinez said.

Those who garbage to determination tin look a misdemeanor charge, up to 1 twelvemonth successful jail, oregon fines of up to $1,000.

Martinez says the unhoused assemblage is frightened and unsure wherever to go.

"I'm acrophobic of what's going to hap successful our city. I deliberation it's going to beryllium dark. I deliberation it's going to beryllium ugly," Martinez stated.

The prohibition has raised concerns that the unhoused whitethorn simply determination to surrounding cities oregon region areas.

Fresno County says it is moving intimately with the metropolis and has a akin ordinance that volition beryllium rolled retired successful the coming days.

"As those encampments are cleaned up, we privation to marque definite that those individuals aren't conscionable moved from 1 jurisdiction to another," Fresno County Board of Supervisors Chair, Nathan Magsig explained.

"We truly privation to get them the services they need, and truthful we'll constituent them to lodging opportunities and besides the societal services and behavioral and nationalist wellness services present successful the County."

Meanwhile, Clovis has had a akin ordinance successful spot since 2014, requiring support to campy connected nationalist oregon backstage property.

"Regardless if there's an influx of unhoused successful the metropolis of clovis, either before, during oregon aft the Fresno municipal codification takes effect, it'll beryllium concern arsenic mean for the City of Clovis," Clovis Police Public Information Officer Ty Wood said.

The region volition beryllium rolling retired its ordinance this week, portion the metropolis of Fresno volition rotation retired their program successful a property league adjacent Monday.

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