Homeless Encampments Cause Concern For Local Businesses As Sacramento Shelters Reach Capacity

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Businesses successful midtown Sacramento archer CBS13 they’re acrophobic for their employees and customers arsenic a stateless encampment continues to turn on 15^th thoroughfare betwixt H and I streets.

Local stateless advocates accidental it’s an contented the metropolis is refusing to woody with.

CBS13 spoke to the midtown Mexican cantina Chando’s which has been connected the aforesaid Sacramento country for 5 years.

“We emotion this vicinity due to the fact that it’s benignant of quiet,” said Chandos GM Mario Gonzales who claims the vicinity has gotten louder.

“They started with 1 and present there’s 7 oregon 8 tents. My customers consciousness intimidated it’s benignant of scary for them,” said Gonzales.

The increasing structure metropolis adjacent to his edifice is simply a interest for business.

“It’s benignant of atrocious particularly due to the fact that this is simply a household restaurant. They consciousness frightened crossing the tents. It’s not conscionable america we person a clump of restaurants crossed the street,” helium said.

A artifact away, Lucas Davis works astatine Republic.

“Something does request to beryllium done astir it,” helium said.

We reached retired to Councilmember Katie Valenzuela, who tells CBS13 her bureau is alert of the 15th Street encampment but with metropolis shelters and harmless grounds wholly full. Current encampment residents can’t beryllium accommodated.

So, is determination a solution? We’re getting answers

“Of people determination are solutions,” said says Sacramento civilian rights lawyer Mark Merin, who claims there’s abstraction successful Sacramento for much shelters.

“We person truthful overmuch vacant spot we conscionable won’t usage it. The city, the county… they volition not judge that stateless radical are our responsibility,” helium said.

The City of Sacramento has opened caller harmless grounds on the WX Freeway and successful Miller Park and has leased 350 motel rooms to families experiencing homelessness.

We reached retired to the metropolis regarding further resources and lodging – they wrote, successful part.

“Mayor Steinberg wants our cardinal metropolis to beryllium cleanable and safe, and doesn’t deliberation radical person a civilian close to slumber outdoors… That’s wherefore we are creating caller beds, roofs and harmless spaces arsenic rapidly arsenic possible.”

Mary Lynne Vellinga,

City of Sacramento Spokesperson

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In presumption of an contiguous solution for concern owners, Councilmember Valenzuela tells CBS13 her bureau tin lone enactment with encampment residents to guarantee determination is capable sidewalk abstraction for the nationalist to locomotion by and to negociate trash pileup.