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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Governor Gavin Newsom wants to cleanable up stateless encampments that plague California.
"It's clip to determination with urgency," said Newsom successful a video posted to X.
The governor's enforcement order, issued connected Thursday, directs authorities agencies to travel up with a program to region encampments connected authorities property, portion besides encouraging cities and counties to make a program of their own.
Some Fresno County leaders are praising Newsom's order.
"I deliberation it's truly going to assistance each of our section jurisdictions, specified arsenic the Sheriff's Office and constabulary departments," said Sheriff John Zanoni. "It's a measurement successful the close direction."
RELATED: Newsom issues enforcement bid for removal of stateless encampments successful California
The bid comes aft the U.S. Supreme Court ruled past period that cities tin enforce bans connected radical who slumber oregon campy extracurricular of nationalist places.
Matthew Dildine, the CEO of the Fresno Rescue Mission, intimately followed the Supreme Court's decision. He said Newsom's enforcement bid isn't the close move.
"We request to physique shelters and places that supply contiguous entree to attraction not conscionable placing idiosyncratic successful a extortion and pretending that each their problems spell away," said Dildine.
On the aforesaid time Newsom sent down his enforcement order, Fresno County Supervisor Steve Brandau announced a projected Unlawful Camping Ordinance. Which would prohibition unpermitted camping connected nationalist and backstage property, arsenic good arsenic prohibit radical from blocking nationalist close of ways.
"The timing is perfect," said Supervisor Brandau. "We could accidental 'Hey look, Fresno County's successful compliance, we got a plan. This is the mode we're going to bash it."
The projected ordinance volition spell earlier the Board of Supervisors connected August 6.
In the City of Fresno, Mayor Jerry Dyer says Newsom's bid comes arsenic nary surprise. Mayor Dyer adds the metropolis is already ahead.
"The City of Fresno took the pb successful the authorities of California successful removing encampments from the freeways," said Mayor Dyer. "That was called Project Off-Ramp."
Fresno metropolis leaders said they're moving connected a program to tackle the stateless situation and encampments. They're looking to unveil it precise soon.
Dildine said Newsom's bid doesn't lick the stateless crisis.
"Things similar this is conscionable going beryllium whack-a-mole," said Dildine. "They're conscionable going beryllium moving them around."
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