Impropriety be damned, Vice Mayor Kasey Reynolds working closely with Rob Berry, who has repeatedly sued the city. We deserve better.

𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐲 - 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐛 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 needs your letters, as he prepares to obstruct solutions and bolster his bank account by suing the city...yet again. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰!

(Remember when he sued to stop Simplicity Village, ensuring that 60+ elderly people would remain on the streets for the past 3 years? Or when he tried to extort a a $110k reward for it from the city? [*he might have gotten that $110k, city hasn't made it public] And now he complains about the number of homeless people? Yeah, that's the guy)…

Oh, the irony. After the same PAC that got Denlay elected harassed Former Chico City Councilmember Scott Huber about a summer job until he was forced to resign both the job and his position, it appears their candidate hasn't lived in Chico since days after being sworn in.

The Chico News & Review has uncovered significant evidence that Kami and her family decamped from Chico back in December. Pictures shared on social media show the family celebrating Christmas in their Red Bluff home.

𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

I am writing you today to again advocate for the renewal of the Shelter Crisis Declaration. If you read no further, know this: to fail to renew the shelter crisis declaration is to expose the city to unnecessary liability at the exact time when we most need that protection. It would be ethically and fiscally irresponsible.

We issued a warning back in May about Rob Berry’s latest scheme to line his pockets, the hilariously misnomered “Chico Stewards for Parks and Waterways.”

As expected, it has begun. Rob partnered with the Redding law firm he previously used to help him harass the city and local service providers with frivolous lawsuits to send a series of threats to the council.

The rambling, often silly, hysteria-filled 13-page attack presents a plethora of misinformation, much of it wildly, egregiously misleading. We may discuss other parts of the letter later, but today our focus is on the portion calling for the closure of the Sycamore Pool.

It's Solutions Month, and we would be remiss if we didn't address organizations with troubling practices and highlight alternatives. There are a couple of troubling groups in Chico fundraising for purported “solutions” to environmental problems and homelessness that are extremely problematic.

Things that make you go huh 🤔 Chico spends 48.7% of it’s budget on the Police Department. By comparison, NYC spends 7.7%, Los Angeles 25.5% and Chicago comes in high at 37%….

Faith Lutheran Church has installed a tribute to local members of the homeless community who’ve died in the last year without housing. The installation can be seen at 667 East First Avenue. The tribute will remain in place for one week starting May 9, 2021 and then rotate to another local church. 💔

A CLIMATE DYSTOPIA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

“Even in California, where the lack of affordable housing has reached epidemic levels in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Chico — an outdoorsy college town — stands out for the ruthlessness with which its city government and police have turned on unhoused residents...

𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐀𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝟒𝐏𝐌 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭

During the Chico City Council closed session meeting Monday night to discuss the homeless evictions lawsuit against the city, a decision was made to create an Ad Hoc Committee and invite groups of stakeholders to give input and look at potential solutions.