I’d like to know more about the sites you mention, including who/what owns them and their zoning.

Also, assuming you mean the Arcata Community Forest, I’ve not heard anyone bring any proposal for inhabited dwellings to the Forest Management Committee. Do you have specific locations in mind? The map is online.

“Location revisited -the solution to pollution is dilution. By limiting the size and increasing the number of the camps, we will avoid negatively impacting areas. Some camps will need to be closer to town for those with special needs and some will be way out in Ewock or Wookiee, as the case maybe, Village.”

Not helpful. The question was, where in Arcata will you install this thing?

kevpod,
Homeless campground, no. Sovereign Arcata(n) Militia, yes! A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free City, the right of the people to camp and train, shall not be infringed.

Funding -donations will provide everything necessary to establish a low impact camp, no permanent structures. NCRC’s difficulties securing funding are due to the City Council’s interferences, we all know that.
Location -several, limited in size, camps through out the city and in the community forest; each with a special theme or project.

Existing homeless services -plan will be augmented or relieved by low cost alternative.

JKnox,
I concur; as a non profit, local businesses and Citizens could make tax deductible donations.

kevpod,
Location revisited -the solution to pollution is dilution. By limiting the size and increasing the number of the camps, we will avoid negatively impacting areas. Some camps will need to be closer to town for those with special needs and some will be way out in Ewock or Wookiee, as the case maybe, Village.

The camp could offer training in survival, civics, civil process, sustainable farming, holistic medicine, low impact camping, computer skills, etc.; with little more than a handful of outdated computers running linux, a projector, and some hardy tents. What do you say, Private kevpod? Let’s get regimented! Enjoy!

The fact is, no one wants it anywhere near their homes or businesses in Arcata. Several locations – St. Louis Road, South G Street, west Samoa Boulevard – have been proposed and shot down with massive negative reaction by those who live or work in the vicinity.

It would be nice if the advocates for this kind of facility would do more than just position themselves as idealists and outside-the-box thinkers with this kind of easy rhetoric, and really offer solutions.

>Cleaner
>Safer
>Plus…it is a way for people to come together in order to solve issues.

I would think some sort of investment by local businesses (tax credit) for startup and portion of maiontenance costs, matching contibutions/grants, and the ultimate goal of somehow being self-sufficient.

Think Loud…Think with a THUMP!!

“Never Get Caught Inside The Box”

JKnox

Maybe Mark or another candidate who favors a homeless campground will describe:

• How a campground will be funded, in both startup and operating costs. The lack of the latter has hobbled the North Coast Resource Center. It wouldn’t make any sense to spend a lot of money establishing something that will be closed for lack of operating funds.

• Where this will be located. In every public meeting that a location has been proposed, from South G Street to West Samoa Boulevard to St. Louis Road, neighbors and neighboring businesses have turned out en masse to oppose locating homeless service facilities in their areas.

• How this facility will fit in to the existing Homeless Services Plan.

It being political season, we can expect candidates to notify us that they are against crime, in favor of education, that they oppose human suffering and so on. Who could disagree?

It’s our responsibility to get them to describe the specifics of their proposals, because that’s what we’ll all have to deal with if they are elected and pursue their initiatives.