ONTARIO
The transitional homeless shelter in Ontario, located at 123 N.W. Third Ave., the collaborative partnership between local nonprofit housing assistance agency Community in Action, local faith-based organization, Origins Faith Community and the City of Ontario, has raised concern from a citizen.
The concerned citizen, Ingeborg Dickerson, owner of the Huey apartments at NW Third Ave., submitted a letter addressed to Chief of Police Steven Romero, Mayor Riley Hill, and all members of the Ontario City Council, saying that after speaking to the âthe lady who owns the Townhouse apartments,â the site where the shelters are and was âassuredâ that there would âa 6-foot fence to enclose the entire project.â
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ONTARIO
Ongoing issues with transients, such as break-ins, burglaries, theft, drug activities including shooting up in public, used needles left on the ground, loitering, urinating and defecating in public, panhandling and myriad other issues are cited as the reason that frustrated business owners on the east side are meeting with Ontario Police Chief Steven Romero on Friday.
Some of the problems with theft have been going on for years, but business owners in that area say it has become increasingly worse. Several reasons are cited, including the break-up of a well-established transient camp along the Snake River in November of 2019, as well as the fact that the Malheur County Jail isnât lodging people who havenât committed a major crime, a step Malheur County Sheriff Wolfe has said was made due to needing to limit inmate numbers because of COVID-19.
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