San Rafael Mayor Closes Park To Shoo Away Homeless

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Fed up with homeless people taking shelter at Boyd Memorial Park, San Rafael, Mayor Gary Phillips has taken an extreme measure of closing the park for 30 days to drive them away.

Effective January 26, 2015, the Director of Community Services has authorized the temporary closure of Boyd Park to the public for an initial 30-day period to allow response to the health and security issues created by “chronic littering, illegal behavior, the presence of abandoned drug paraphernalia suggestive of illegal narcotics activities, and vandalism”.

San Rafael's Boyd Memorial Park will be temporarily closed.
San Rafael’s Boyd Memorial Park will be temporarily closed.

“I want to break the cycle so this is not a place for them to hang out. I want to return this place to the community and have some family-friendly events here,” Phillips said.

According to the Mayor, “the high-on-drugs homeless” people are not interested in changing their ways. “Reportedly this group is not of this nature. They sit here, have their methamphetamine and go get a meal at St. Vincent de Paul,” he added.

While the homeless couldn’t voice their concerns, many took to Twitter to complain about the move:

Sources:

http://www.cityofsanrafael.org/news/2015/1/23/boyd-park-temporary-closure.html

http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27376305/san-rafael-temporarily-closing-boyd-park-encourage-homeless

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1 COMMENT

  1. right before the 2015 homeless census.. ironic? the county is so concerned with keeping their wealthy image that they resort to this. it cuts the funding for people who desperately need it, but at least we have paved roads!

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