We are Richmond fathers, mothers, sons, daughters - we have chosen Richmond as our home to live, work, and raise our families because it has historically been a safe community. We have serious and legitimate concerns about the proposal to construct a 6-story ‘Permanent Supportive Housing’ facility, in the heart of Richmond, at Cambie and Sexsmith. With 90 rooms, the CPH project will be one of the largest sites in the province, and is larger than Richmond’s two current Temporary Modular Housing sites combined.

Living close to the Alderbridge Modular Housing site in Richmond, we have seen firsthand what it has done to the Richmond City Centre area over the past 5 years, including constant drug deals, intimidation from drug users, and public substance use in private residences and businesses. In these sites, drug use, and even the selling of drugs, are fully permitted. This has led to public disorder and open drug use spiraling out of control. There is no accountability for the site operators or for the government officials who implemented these projects and promised us that everything would be okay. Over the last 5 years, various levels of government have made many commitments regarding the management and regulation of these sites, but they have not been met. These facilities have become hotspots for open drug use, creating an unsafe environment for residents, especially families with children.

Our primary concern is the lack of proper guidelines and enforcement mechanisms to manage these housing facilities. The current provincial "catch and release" policy leads to a high tolerance for crime, making it difficult for the police to effectively regulate and maintain peace. Without proper laws and enforcement mechanisms, it is hard for us to agree to the establishment of such facilities in Richmond.

It should also be noted that Richmond does not have as severe a homelessness problem as other surrounding cities. Establishing a permanent housing facility in Richmond may attract homeless individuals from other areas, exacerbating rather than solving the problem.

We believe in helping those in need, but the current lack of guidelines, laws, enforcement, accountability, and transparency makes it difficult for us to support the proposed supportive housing project. We ask for your support in signing this petition to express our shared concerns and to seek a solution that benefits everyone.

Call to Action:

KEEP RICHMOND SAFE: RALLY FOR ACTION ON DRUGS

Rally Date and Time: Monday, February 17th, at 9:45 AM-12:00 PM (Media Press Conferrence at 9:30 AM)
Location: Richmond City Hall (6911 Number 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1)

You can take an active approach to stop our leaders from imposing this project to the city of Richmond by staying up to date on this issue and getting involved. Let’s all stay in touch:

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Keep Richmond Safe - Kevin Lai, Sheldon Starrett, Strata councils for Avanti and Fiorella and concerned families in Richmond

停止在列治文，BC省的Cambie永久性住房（CPH）建設

我們是列治文的父親、母親、兒子和女兒。我們選擇列治文作為我們的家園來生活、工作和養家，因為這裡歷來是一個安全的社區。我們對於在列治文中心地帶，即Cambie和Sexsmith交界處，提議建設一個6層樓高的‘永久性支援住房’設施，深感擔憂。這個擁有90個房間的CPH項目將成為省內最大的設施之一，規模超過列治文目前的兩個臨時模塊化住房設施的總和。

住在列治文的Alderbridge模塊化住房設施附近，我們親眼見證了過去5年這個設施對列治文市中心區域造成的影響，包括不斷的毒品交易、毒品使用者的威脅，以及在私人住宅和商業場所的公共毒品使用。這導致了公共秩序的崩潰和毒品使用的失控。對於設施經營者或實施這些項目的政府官員，沒有任何問責制。省政府的“抓捕和釋放”政策進一步使情況複雜化，對犯罪行為的高容忍度使警察難以維持秩序。我們的經驗表明，現有的TMH設施導致財產犯罪顯著增加，破壞了我們社區的安全與保障。這些設施成為公開毒品使用的熱點，為居民，尤其是有孩子的家庭，創造了一個不安全的環境。此外，這些設施還吸引了社區外的個人來參加公開的毒品聚會，進一步加劇了問題。

我們主要擔心的是缺乏管理這些住房設施的適當指南和執法機制。目前的省政府“抓捕和釋放”政策對犯罪行為有高容忍度，這使得警察難以有效監管和維持秩序。在沒有適當的法律和執法機制的情況下，我們很難同意在列治文建立這樣的設施。

還應該指出的是，列治文的無家可歸問題並不像其他周邊城市那麼嚴重。建立一個永久性的住房設施可能會吸引其他地區的無家可歸者，從而加劇而不是解決問題。

我們相信幫助需要幫助的人，但目前缺乏指導方針、法律、執法、問責和透明度使我們難以支持這一提議的支援住房項目。我們請求您簽署這份請願書，以表達我們共同的關切並尋求一個對所有人都有利的解決方案。

行動呼籲：

保護列治文集會抗議

集會日期和時間: 2月17日，星期一，9:45 AM-12:00 PM (記者會 9:30 AM)
地點: Richmond City Hall (6911 Number 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1)

 您可以通過關注這個問題和參與其中，積極阻止我們的領導人在列治文強行推行這個項目。我們正在組織一個社區活動，讓所有關心列治文的居民聚集在一起並表達意見。讓我們保持聯繫：

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誠摯地，
Keep Richmond Safe - Kevin Lai、Sheldon Starrett Avanti 和 Fiorella物業管理委員會以及列治文的關心家庭