Mahon Path News Today

(KRON) — California officials recently gave Marin County nearly $19 million to help move homeless people from encampments to interim housing. Marin County and the City of San Rafael were awarded nearly $6 million by the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) to address homelessness along the Mahon Creek Path in San Rafael. The […]

Residents of “Camp Integrity,” a homeless encampment on the Mahon Path in Central San Rafael, say they were compelled to file the legal action because the city’s ordinance violates their constitutional rights and places them in physical danger.

Last week, San Rafael capitulated to residents complaining about homeless encampments by passing an ordinance that severely curtails camping. The new rules don’t come close to resolving the issues raised by people who say they are upset about crime, fires, trash and human waste at the camps.

The City of San Rafael is playing Whac-A-Mole with homeless encampments on public property. Unfortunately, it’s a zero-sum game, and everyone knows who ends up losing.