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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A caller ordinance was introduced to the Fresno City Council Thursday morning. It's called the Anti-human Transportation and Abandonment Ordinance. If passed, it would beryllium amerciable to relocate the stateless colonisation to Fresno City limits without due coordination.
Thursday was conscionable the archetypal speechmaking of the ordinance, but it was approved unanimously. The assemblage besides had the accidental to chime in; astir opposed the ordinance, but 1 concern proprietor was successful agreement.
A.J. Rassamni, President of the Blackstone Merchant's Association, says stateless encampments are earnestly affecting section businesses. He knows immoderate owners who are filing for bankruptcy, claiming homelessness is the cause.
"I americium for the stateless is to find a solution for them, but they cannot beryllium connected the relationship of different hardworking radical successful Fresno, and I bash enactment for the ordinance by the way," said Rassamni.
The ordinance, sponsored by Fresno City President Mike Karbassi and Councilmember Nick Richardson, states that the proscription of a stateless idiosyncratic to Fresno City limits would beryllium illegal. Any relocation would person to beryllium approved by Fresno agencies.
"Every twelvemonth erstwhile the warming centers unfastened up, we virtually get folks transported from the neighboring communities into the warming centers," said Fresno City Vice President Miguel Arias.
Karbassi tells YourCentralValley.com that determination are aggregate ongoing investigations regarding stateless radical being brought successful from extracurricular Fresno County. We besides reached retired to Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz, who could not disclose who mightiness beryllium responsible for triggering the caller ordinance.
"We person ever welcomed them and provided them arsenic overmuch services arsenic we can, but it has been a strain connected metropolis resources," Arias explained.
The enforcement argumentation would enactment connected a report/complaint basis, Fresno Police would beryllium successful complaint of enforcing the ordinance and the metropolis attorney's bureau would prosecute the cases.
Those recovered blameworthy would look a misdemeanor charge.
"This benignant of enactment has been occurring for years and continues to occur," Arias added.
The ordinance volition beryllium brought backmost for a 2nd speechmaking and different vote, astatine the next city assembly meeting.
