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To: Clerk
Subject: Public comment
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 8:53:57 PM
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To my neighbors and community here in Fresno:
This partnership prioritizes “sweeps” over solutions. Displacing unhoused residents without providing safe, stable alternatives only worsens trauma, increases health risks, and moves the problem from one neighborhood to another. Using local funds for state-led enforcement actions diverts resources that could instead support long-term housing, outreach, mental health, and harm reduction services.
Instead of funding removals, I urge the Council to:
• Invest in evidence-based housing-first approaches that address root causes of homelessness. • Expand partnerships with local service providers for sanitation, storage, and outreach. • Require transparency and oversight of any agreement with Caltrans to ensure that human rights and due process are upheld.
Fresno can lead with compassion and strategy—not criminalization and displacement. Please vote NO on Item 2-W and redirect this funding toward solutions that create dignity, safety, and stability for all Fresno residents.
Sincerely,
Laura Ramos
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