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From:Brian Irvine <br />To:publiccomment <br />Subject:Comment on proposed anti-camping ordinance for Redwood City <br />Date:Monday, July 21, 2025 11:03:04 AM <br />You don't often get email from brian@brianirvine.com. Learn why this is important <br />Brian Irvine <br />405 Charlott Lane <br />Redwood City <br />I wish to register my position in favor of the proposed Anti-Camping Ordinance for the City of Redwood <br />City. <br />I have lived in the Bair Island neighborhood for more than 20 years and have observed many changes in that <br />period. Being isolated from the city and its infrastructure, over the past five years we have seen an increase <br />of homeless encampments. Most of the camps remain in the same location for extended periods of time. The <br />residents of these camps build a local dump for their waste, creating an eyesore as well as a health hazard. <br />Often the refuse is left on the streets. <br />As this problem has grown, we have experienced a marked increase in package theft throughout the area. <br />My community has a swimming pool which has occasionally been used by homeless residents as a bath. I <br />have personally experienced homeless people coming on to my front deck and looking in through my living <br />room windows. <br />An ordinance with stricter enforcement to control this problem would be very welcome on this side of the <br />freeway.