Posted in reply to the post by Stuart:
Ms Hopkins, a reply to your note....due to your schizophrenic leanings, I'll not dwell on the fact that her title is Supervisor Hopkins, or Mrs. Hopkins as she is married...
"Finally, it’s actually now illegal to arrest people for living on public property unless they have been provided with an alternative place to go". TL;DR version of the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is the last step before the Supreme Court of the United States. Defy this ruling, and you'll be begging for mercy...and rights...and due process...
If someone were to take a dump in the middle of the Santa Rosa Square Bad example, being as there is a public restroom within three blocks of this location... maybe shooting up... because you, in your vast experience can tell the difference between insulin and meth... , selling drugs... have you ever witnessed a transaction involving the exchange of drugs for anything of intrinsic value!?!If a law enforcement official witnesses this exchange, the dealer, and quite possibly the customer, are both headed to jail. lighting a fire knee jerk hyperbole, because there is a difference between lighting a small warming fire because you do not have shelter, and dumping gallons of fuel to burn a neighborhood down. you are saying you haven't done anything because that person said if you don't have shelter for me, I will continue my dangerous and anti social actions?
This is your flimsy excuse? Really? She'd be wise to take the appointment after yours where you let the Ninth Circuit Court know you're going to tell them to F*** off and remove the sub-humans by any means necessary.
Are you saying the legal staff WE pay for advises none of the following are eligible for arrest?
Is is legal to defecate in the bushes on public property?
Does the person have a choice? Do they own multiple homes, have access to indoor plumbing, bathrooms and the like, or are they simply hard pressed to find food, water and shelter in order to sustain life?
Is it legal to urinate on public property?
See my statement above.
Is it legal to have open fires and generators on public property?
Does this person have a shelter capable of having environmental controls (Heating/Ventilation) that are independent of weather conditions? A canvas or plastic tarp or tent is NOT capable of independent control of the environment inside the structure.
Is it legal to shoot up and sell drugs on public property?
Unless you are a DEA licensed medical physician currently licensed in this state to prescribe pharmaceuticals, or a licensed pharmacist, it is NOT legal to sell drugs ANYWHERE in the state on public OR private property.
Is it legal to have many many dogs poop for half a year and leave it on public property?
Look in the mirror...because I'm certain that if you're honest with yourself, you've let your dog crap in the neighbors' yard and not picked it up.
Is nudity legal on public property?
With a permit, it is in San Francisco.
Ms Hopkins... again, the ignorant belittling considering your promoting her to "boss" in order to pass the blame... your excuse of allowing The Occupation is worthless. As is your excuse for existence Any and all of the above are sound legal grounds for removal... if you're a delusional narcissist, because any second year law student could take a proverbial CWIS to your flimsy hyperbolic crap (the diarrhea you're spewing from your pie-hole) so do not hide behind the cloak of 'we can't do anything' "blame the courts" whining... again, you're the only whinemaker who's unreasonable demands are laughable for your failure to prevent and stop this growth to its current size.
And which will grow because Santa Rosa is now a beacon to homeless around the state and country.
We now pay for them! You'll have to argue that one with the residents of the lower Russian River area, whose homeless issues are second to none in this state.
You, as the highest elected official with jurisdiction which personality is this, promoting her, so you can assign all the blame to her? allowed this to become the official "emergency" it now is.
How can you not have noticed a few tents, then maybe a dozen, then more and more along Rte12?
Personally, I know you lack the intelligence to read a map, otherwise you could see the size of the district she represents. I, unlike you, qualified for membership in Mensa.
Why did you not call in the resources and say fix this now?
Again, this is a waste of time to get you to pay attention to anyone but yourself.
BEFORE it becoming an official "Emergency"?
YOU are the boss... again, how can you promote her if you don't have the authority? you permitted... egregious lie... this to expand... much like your pie-hole trying to spew out hatred, divisiveness and ignorance..., you are all talk except for the recent official actions:
Just some of your City and County proposals, I guess from the $12 million:
-"protect the well being of the occupants" NOT our community, The Occupation, NOT our "well being"
-"private security for occupants" Who are you protecting and from whom?
- "establish disposable needle bins"
These actions are out of Kafka or Alice in Wonderland! This is real? Unfortunately, yes.
With our tax dollars.
Boy, don't do us any favors. A neighbor commented "WHY DO THEY HAVE MORE RIGHTS THAN US?"
We ask you how many homeless are within one mile of your farm? What is the answer? 2,10, 20 100?
Or, none?
Well, our community is within "30 feet", "40 feet" of The Occupation you have allowed to happen...again, lies...hope you have fire-resistant slacks or jeans on because they're aflame.
You want to do something other than talk and give services away to The Occupiers?
Do you want to do anything but lie, spread vitriol and slander? So far, your actions indicate NO.
She, unlike you, has reached out to offer to listen to productive (i.e. not hateful or spiteful) ideas you have on providing solutions (which you are incapable of doing).
Then YOU take in how many on your property, or 30 feet away?
How many will you allow to crap and pee and light fires for months and the fires going to this day?
How many Ms Hopkins? Ten, fifty, 215?
Or none?
Look in the mirror, if you can stand to look yourself in the eye. Ask yourself the very same question.
You are the boss...
You are the captain...
You serve US. NOT the "occupiers"(he's a compulsive LIAR and even asbestos pants won't stand for the flames he's summoning)
You have failed at the $200,000 yr (lying again, see $125,000 figure from another thread on the same subject) taxpayer paid salary you are collecting.
You say it is complex, we say it is very simple: our safety and well being is at risk
And you and your colleagues are more concerned about the "well being" of the occupants.
You have failed and must be recalled, removed or resign. You have not protected us.