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Following the forced removal of Safe Space’s intake center from its original location this year at the former 7-Eleven building downtown, the nonprofit says it’s doing the best it can at a new location outside a local church.
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The emergency winter shelter has moved its intake center to an outdoor church parking lot following fines and threats of legal action from the city.
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The ongoing USC study found participants spent the money on basic needs like food, transportation and car repairs.
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At least 27 unhoused residents in Chico died on the streets or in temporary shelters last year. But that’s according to a local advocate, not any official agency. Neither Chico nor Butte County keep track of unhoused deaths, but other communities do.
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The nonprofit has stopped operating out of its downtown location after the city threatened to impose hefty fines.
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The city sent Safe Space a cease-and-desist letter and denied a temporary use permit for the nonprofit’s downtown intake center. This comes as unhoused advocates say at least 27 people have died while experiencing homelessness in the city this year.
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A memorial for at least 26 individuals who died in Chico while experiencing homelessness this year is scheduled for tomorrow. Organizations who knew them say things need to change in the city.
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Shasta County convened a multi-jurisdictional ad hoc committee on homelessness in June. The committee presented a two-year action plan last week to strengthen Shasta County’s response. Also, Chico’s City Council voted 7 to 0 to send a resolution deciding the amount of penalty costs for businesses whose shopping carts are found off-property. A new bike park will be underway on Humboldt Road, and the California Water Resources Control Board yesterday approved new rules for turning water from toilets and other uses into drinking water.
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Chico’s only warming shelter opened its intake center yesterday. Some people waited at the center’s new downtown location days ahead to get a spot.
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Author J.L. Wright's "Homeless Joy: An exposé in poetry" explores the journey through what it means to be homeless in America.