SJ CITY COUNCIL THINKING VS. EVERYONE ELSES THINKING
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DO NOT PLACE densely populated caged tiny home
sites
near schools, parks,
libraries, daycare.
San Jose City Council’s thinking:
What we have heard more than once is this: There are so many schools in San Jose, it is
almost impossible not to end up with a tiny home site within a mile of a
school. Essentially they tell us, “we
have no choice, we are going to have to build near schools. We expect opposition, but we must make the
hard decisions”
Our thinking/parents thinking:
We know a percentage of people living in these densely
populated caged tiny home sites will wander onto school campuses pandering for
money, using the restrooms, wandering into the cafeteria for food. -And the risk for even worse. DO NOT BUILD TINY HOME SITES NEAR ANY SCHOOL,
PARK, LIBRARY, DAYCARE. DO NOT RISK THE
SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN/FAMILIES; DO NOT LOAD SCHOOL FACULTY AND PARENTS OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN DOWN WITH THIS PREVENTABLE CHRONIC WORRY, CONCERN, &
STRESS.
San Jose City Council’s thinking:
Look at us, tough enough to ignore your opposition and make hard decisions.
Look at us, we are
getting people off the streets and rescuing homeless people.
Our thinking/parents thinking:
Look at you, SJ City Council, blind and deaf to the valid
concerns of your community, willing to put countless children at risk and drown
parents in worry and stress. look at
you, SJ City Council, willing to pay
millions on top of millions placing highly dense populations of people into
cages, and millions to maintain these sites.
Look at you, SJ City Council.. taking
up precious land space, destroying neighborhoods, parks, libraries.. indifferent to the cost, the risk, the
safety factors
And look at you, SJ City Council, -should you get your way.. all that risk, land, cost, -squishing 100’s of people into cages in
neighborhoods, near schools, libraries, daycare..
And another flux of homeless enters into San Jose.. now what? Now what do you do?
Keep building densely populated caged tiny home sites?
Your intentions may be good, but they are dangerously
short-sighted.
What is your plan
for when your plan attracts even more homeless?
Restore San Jose to
its former glory.
PROBLEM SOLVING PANEL
FOR HIGHLY COMPLEX HOMELESS CRISIS
I know there are hearts/minds out there
attracted to solving highly complex problems; and are willing to volunteer
their time; share their expertise, knowledge, life experiences toward a
comprehensive solution
Come introduce
yourselves
I am in the process of creating a new panel of problem
solvers, a larger panel, representing a wider range of disciplines.
Our goal, is to address the entire population of homeless in
San Jose: to first understand and identify and create a working, agreed upon
vocabulary for the diverse group of homeless.
i.e., the healthy homeless
(exclusively financial reasons for homelessness); the mentally ill; the drug addicted (form of mental illness);
the prematurely released inmates; the freeloaders.. etc.
Our goal is to address the current crisis; slow the growth
of homelessness; prevent future homelessness.
Our goal is to listen and to share, and regard with respect,
the variety of ideas, thinking, imaginings; the pros and cons of each potential
solution, per category of homeless.
Trouble-shoot for short term and long term solutions. Collaborate with the correct geographic,
governmental authorities, law makers, land owners, citizens, leaders, etc. Revisit rules/laws/regulations for their
legitimacy in current times; striving to understand which help, which hurt,
when it comes to employing a comprehensive solution.
To publicly share the spectrum of ideas, and the spectrum
of obstacles; helping all those who call San Jose home appreciate the
complexity.
Example:
IDEA: We (average citizens) noticed a large
population of homeless living on acres of open land near the San Jose
Airport. Our thinking was that this is
a good place because of the amount of open land, the distance to resources. Cost effective because it gives one central
location for portable restrooms, city garbage pick up, a central location for
food distribution and donations. A central location for social services to
provide outreach; -and a central
location worthy of creating small gardens; investment in landscape
improvements, etc. -And we can, in our
imaginations, see this really working..
OBSTACLE: This encampment is currently being swept
clean of homeless with a deadline of Sept 1st, 2022. The Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is demanding the city remove homeless residents
living there, due to safety concerns, and is threatening to withhold millions
of dollars if the camp isn’t cleared.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: We (average
citizens) also recognize that, when people are entering into San Jose Airport,
visiting from anywhere else in the world..
A giant homeless encampment is not the best ‘welcome to San Jose’ visual.
It is not the first impression anyone
wants for San Jose. We (average
citizens) also recognize it is not okay for the surrounding gas stations,
retail establishments, variety of businesses to lose potential business, sense
of safety/security because homeless encampments due include illegal activity
and create a significant disincentive for any patronage.
This is in draft form, of course. I am still working out details. But I know we need number/mathematical (geniuses
preferred) experts. We need economically
knowledgeable; we need city planners; we need authority figures, decision
makers, at the state, county, city, district and neighborhood levels.
I know numbers people, even geniuses, cannot
solve for homelessness alone.
The number one thing to factor into the
equation: People; not numbers. Human beings and all that that entails:
We need humanitarians, social
workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, everyday neighbors, parents, students,
business owners, rigid thinkers, and free thinkers..
This problem involves a plethora of
mental illnesses, spiritual issues like greed, low self esteem; biases;
prejudice; language and cultural barriers, enabling, drugs, alcohol, PTSD,
emotions, -and lack thereof
I am so certain San Jose City’s
current plan, current trajectory, building these unjustifiably costly densely
populated caged tiny home sites
-taking up new land unnecessarily, destroying neighborhoods, children, families, parks,
businesses
I am convinced it is a preventable
disaster. But what good is it to point
out a problem without offering real alternative solutions.
A new, larger, problem solving
panel. Solve for homelessness where the
absolute most amount of people thrive; addressing the current crisis; slowing
the population; preventing future homelessness.
Respectfully listening to, and
publicly sharing the hopeful and creative ideas, the very real obstacles, the acknowledgments…
Does this call to problem solve
speak to your mind/heart? Introduce
yourself to us:
Sandra & Robert type problem solver as the subject
and send your basic info; area of expertise or interest to RobertMickanen@Yahoo.com
posted by SANDRA HARRISON KAY @ 12:04 PM
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