Hello everyone.

In case you missed it in yesterday’s lengthy update- here’s the “open letter” to the Mayor describing an INCIDENT that recently occurred as a direct consequence of the City’s Homeless Center in the Park.

 We have been advised that incidents where residents fear for their safety, have become more common since the City of Sacramento put the homeless center in the park. Theft and vandalism occurred at the Sacramento Horseman’s Association last week, and the neighborhood along Del Paso Regional Park was told by the Sheriff’s Helicopter to shelter in place Thursday night- and not to come out of their homes.

How is the city getting away with having the homeless center in the park-when it violates their own Measure O ballot initiative stipulations?

”Open Letter to Mayor Steinberg:

Another incident has occurred in our neighborhood that negatively affects the safety of our community and is a direct result of the City of Sacramento's decision to place a Homeless Center in Del Paso Regional Park. In order to access our homes, we are required to pass through the park and by the Auburn Boulevard Center Facility. While returning home from work, one of our residents was followed/stalked by someone in the park. This person tried to get to her before she could get to her door. Fortunately, her husband was home and a confrontation ensued on their property. The person was armed with a large staff and threatened to kill both he and his wife. Law enforcement was called and when they arrived, initiated a search for the perpetrator. Sometime later this person was found in what appeared to be an unconscious state in the middle of Park Road near the Watt Avenue on ramp. He was transported by ambulance. 
 
Before the City of Sacramento opened this Center on Auburn Boulevard, our neighborhood was mostly clean and peaceful, now incidents like these are becoming more common in our Business and Residential County Communities surrounding the park. Transporting people from the City of Sacramento to the Homeless Center with these kinds of issues and then releasing them into the park and our Sacramento County Neighborhoods is unacceptable. The very presence of this Center in the park attracts others with criminal intent. There is open drug use surrounding the Center, there is more gang activity, prostitution and our neighborhoods have become dump sites for trash. 
 
The person threatening our residents in this incident is not someone just passing through. This person has been observed entering and leaving the Homeless Center on Auburn Boulevard. This incident happened as a direct result of the decision by the City of Sacramento to place this Center in Del Paso Regional Park. We hold the City of Sacramento responsible for these unsafe conditions which they have intentionally created in our County Neighborhoods.”
 
Ron Jellison
“Friends of Del Paso Regional Park”