This issue was recategorized from Abandoned / Inoperative Vehicle Parked on Public Street, Alley, or Public Parking Lot. (Do not select this category if on private property) to Homeless Encampment and/or Squatters.

City of Vallejo u xilsaaray arrinkan Code Enforcement Division

This was not reported as a homeless encampment, it’s abandoned.

Code Enforcement Division u xilsaaray arrinkan Community Services Section (CSS) Staff

Reported by another citizen as being lived in, so not abandoned vehicle. It will be checked by our CSS Staff.

Thank you for reporting this issue. This issue is already on the Police Department's Community Service Section (CSS) encampments list. SeeClickFix is one of the many tools available to the citizens of Vallejo to report non-emergency issues. CSS staff are responsible for addressing all quality of life concerns, supporting Neighborhood Watch groups, and working with the Neighborhood Law Program and Code Enforcement to address distressed and dangerous properties. We work hard to investigate each report in a timely manner, and will investigate this report as soon as we possibly can. If you have any questions, please call our office at (707) 553-7218. We “close” an issue in SeeClickFix once we've acknowledged the complaint; however, this issue is not "closed" per se; it will remain an "open" issue with us until it has been addressed.

**IMPORTANT NOTE**
In Martin v. City of Boise (“City of Boise”), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the City of Boise, Idaho’s ordinances prohibiting camping and sleeping on public property were unconstitutional. The Court stated, “[s]o long as there is a greater number of homeless individuals in (a jurisdiction) than the number of available beds (in shelters), the jurisdiction cannot prosecute homeless individuals for involuntarily sitting, lying, and sleeping in public...[A]s long as there is no option of sleeping indoors, the government cannot criminalize indigent, homeless people for sleeping outdoors, on public property...” At present, there are a greater number of persons experiencing homelessness in the City than there are beds in shelters. Consequently, the City may not criminally enforce a law that prohibits camping or sleeping on all public property.

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