Are you going to sit on your a** until a fire starts? Or a taxpayer is physically hurt?

https://seeclickfix.com/users/1354464 - please take action! What we are paying taxes for?!! Thanks!
It is possible anymore to go for a walk/run and feel safe/comfortable in own neighborhood.

Why is the SAME QUESTION asked ALL the time! You know where the encampment is - it is growing everyday! More and more cars are being dismantled on the "protected" lands. There are wood structures on the land. It is filthy. It is obvious that these people are coming from other areas to Vallejo. They know that Vallejo will not enforce any laws and they can do what they want, that's why they keep coming here. The entire waterfront from Hwy 37-Mare Island Causeway-to Sonoma Blvd is being destroyed!

The public park (property tax funded) is no longer a welcome place for people to walk their dogs.
Aggressive dogs are being permanently housed in the Greater Vallejo Recreation District maintained park. Vehicles are being dismantled and stored. A recent addition is an RV. Meanwhile Natalie Petersen (City of Vallejo Homeless Manager) has taken a salary in excess of $100k. Not looking good for our current city employees.

Vallejo is a toilet for these miscreant transients.

Maybe we all need to start reaching out to our local news and social media outlets to let people know not to waste their time in Vallejo because our City Government really doesnt care about them and just want to collect a paycheck from the taxpayers.

The city refuses to take action then sues private land owners for not cleaning up and removing the homeless.

Argument made by City; Quote:

The lawsuits state that “defendants have failed to properly secure the properties and as a consequence have allowed unhoused individuals to camp on the properties in a place that can be viewed from the public right-of-way and in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance.”

Is it possible for Vallejo politicos to designate a safe walking path where the bay trail used to be?

We need to contact the city manager and council, push push push with more voices.

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Typical answer from City of Vallejo...code enforcement says to go to parks and rec; parks and rec say go to code enforcement; then code enforcement say go to VPD; VPD says go to code enforcement.

Does anyone take responsibility, as an adult human being, for doing your job correctly? You are still taking our money. Doesnt that bother you? To collect a paycheck them deny all responsibility.

Sad

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Now you are sensoring Vallejo taxpayers?

This is what your terms of use say, "SeeClickFix provides users with access to public issue reporting, discussing and management which may be accessed through various media or devices (the “Service”).

Everything being said here is directly related to the issue at hand.

But you dont want to address it, so you sensor us.

Mare Island Homeowner, I totally agree withe you. These departments don't talk to one another, they just want the citizens to do their jobs. Pointing their fingers somewhere else.
Passing the Buck, where does that Buck stop?

I agree… There is NO service resulting from the Code Enforcement Division employees, whom have routinely ignored and closed all “requests” regarding the out of control transient occupancy of public spaces, railroad property, roadways, GVRD, etc. The Code Enforcement Division has obviously no authority, whatsoever, in these matters.

City management needs to STOP assigning these SeeClickFix requests to a dysfunctional group of city personnel.

The lack of foresight by the Vallejo City Council to remove Code Enforcement Division from the VPD initiated this mess. After $200k to 4 Leaf consulting… this is what Vallejo is left with.

Why isn't code enforcement contacting VPD. We notified the city of these issues via SeeClickFix so why can't the city code enforcement contact the VPD to help them enforce the codes

Not fixed!

It has grown into a village now, with a roadway, parking and food-delivery services.

Mare Island Homeowner

I posted the city emails of our Mayor, council and city manager. I am guessing that is against the rules. I was just trying to make it convenient for everyone to copy and paste, but it's fine if I'm not supposed to do that. So that's why that post was blocked I believe. But we have to keep on it. I will post the link to the COV website page that has all their emails, on the next post. That might be allowed ...we will see. If it gets blocked you'll know why now.

Contact our city reps: The link below has all emails on one place.

https://vallejopolitics.com/vallejo-city-council/

We have to keep writing and fighting for our city. https://www.auditor.ca.gov/hotline
File a compaint with the state, the more complaints filed, perhaps the state will come in and do something.

COV "assigned" this to the code division knowing the location. COV and code division need to figure it out and contact VPD. Why are residents required to call the VPD when this is City GRVD property? And COV assigned this to the code division? Don't drag residents through this mud. We are just bringing your attention to the violations and issues. It's your responsibility to get it fixed.

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Thanks ttarver:

For the 3rd time, I have contacted the GVRD and they said it is not thier jurisdiction. They refer me back to the City who refers me to the VPD, who refers me to the city, who refers me to GVRD.

This is what it wrong with Vallejo, noone wants to be an adult and accept responsibility and take action. In the mean time, the City is going to S**t and we keep paying all these wonderful civil servants to do nothing.

Code Enforcement Division Employees copy & pasting responses doesn’t “create, promote and maintain safe, attractive and high-quality living and working environments.” Not FIXED
Vallejo expects better!

So Frustrating, right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Here we are citizens trying to help and get the run around, tell us to contact another department or agency!

The City of Vallejo Code Enforcement Division by city charter only has jurisdiction for Vallejo Municipal Code violations on private property. The Code Enforcement Division actively works with property owners to abate encampment issues through education and alternatively enforcement for encampments (Vallejo Municipal Code Section 7.54.030 T. Unauthorized camping on private property in a place which can be viewed from the public right-of-way or in a manner that constitutes a public nuisance and Section 7.54.030 S. Prohibits maintenance of property in such a manner as to constitute a public nuisance). Through SeeClickFix, email, public counter at city hall and telephone we receive multiple complaints regarding encampments but can only address one after address verification to identify the location as public or private property. Referrals to other government entities occur only after the correct agency that has responsibility is determined utilizing Vallejo GIS Viewer. Cases are then referred to agencies such as Greater Vallejo Recreation District (city parks), Vallejo Flood and Waste (White Slough) Vallejo Police Department (for public street encampments / living in vehicles on public street / City of Vallejo properties i.e., City Hall), Caltrans (State of California properties including portions of White Slough, B.W Williams and Mini Drive, Enterprise Drive), Solano County (Solano County Courthouse and Fairgrounds) and Federal properties.

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I am forwarding this non response to Monica Brown, County Supervisor and every official I can think of. This is ridiculous. There are now numerous motor homes (which are not cheap) parked on the grounds and all over waterways in Vallejo. I fail to understand how some one living in a motor "home" is considered homeless. They all should be removed and required to go to a motor home park and pay the fees required to live there, but instead they park on public land in Vallejo because they know they do not have to leave.

Thank you for following up on this lapse in city and county service. Vallejo Code Enforcement Division has no purpose in this situation. The property owner (GVRD, Solano County tax funded) is not abating the the public nuisance. County officers should issue abatement orders to the management of GVRD & a hearing should be required. See 10-17 Formal Enforcement “Order to Abate”
Should be named in the Abatement Order.

GVRD Director - Stacey Kennington was appointed by Solano County Supervisor Monica Brown ( term July 1st, 2023 until December 2nd 2027)

Response from GRVD when I sent an email-they say the city owns the land! : I appreciate your concern and thank you for including the response provided by the COV. GVRD has been working with the City to clarify issues at the park and handling homeless vehicles. We do maintain the park for COV ( as it is owned by the COV), but have to abide by the City’s ordinances especially when it comes to the unhoused on public property. We have been directed by the City to update our policy to match theirs. In the past, 2011-2020, we worked with police and community services to mediate the issues and are trying to remedy the situation with the current laws.
My staff have been trying very hard to solve this issue for a few years and have not given up.
Please provide me with GVRD staff you have communicated with and include me in future communication with them. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Gabe Lanusse glanusse@gvrd.org

Second response:
We don’t always receive information from SCF since we are separate from COV. In rereading their emails, we will coordinate with COV to get on the same page. GVRD, like yourself want the parks to be enjoyed by all. Thanks.
-Gabe Lanusse

Thanks DR for follow through on this. If Code Enforcement would just stop muddling around in other jurisdictions, then perhaps the City of Vallejo & GVRD Could coordinate with each other.

The reported encampment is on City property, and recent federal court cases have restricted removal of homeless encampments on public property. In Martin v. City of Boise, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision, finding that the City of Boise’s prohibition against sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment when no alternative shelter is available. Thus, cities cannot enforce camping/lodging prohibitions if their local homeless population faces inadequate shelter space. However, the City will continue to monitor the location and assist with clean-ups when appropriate.

"When no alternate shelter is available"....Read it!!

Shelter IS available. Read the law and Enforce the law!!

There are empty shelter beds all over Vallejo, Solano County and the State. Pick up the phone and fill the beds.

The law says you can enforce the law if you can "offer" them alternative shelter.

Continue to monitor??? What does that mean?
CED will be obstinately watching the situation grow beyond the unmanageable mess it has already become…

Code Enforcement Division is failing to “create, promote and maintain safe, attractive and high-quality living environments”.

Encourage the City Council to push City management for budget cuts for Planning and Development Services until after they come up with solutions for fixing this. Cut the entire Code Enforcement Division under emergency management efforts, suspend all enforcement on private citizens property until the City can get its own act in order and clean up public properties in and around Vallejo.

So Code Enforcement Official, living in a trailer/motor home is not considered shelter? Trailers and motor homes cost a lot of money. How about first making the people parking their large motor homes move to an appropriate location and pay the camping fees? A lot of the people are not homeless, they are coming here because the know the city will do nothing! The average cost of a used motor home is between $50 - $100K. Why are there so many in the city - recently?

Code Enforcement Division hat dieses Thema Natalie P zugeordnet

Stop lying only five people live here those other tents are just storages and there’s no cars parked over here no more