Health Hazard in Downtown Fresno

by Mike Rhodes (editor [at] fresnoalliance.com)

Wed, Oct 13, 2010 1:45PM

Huge piles of trash (see photos below) are not being cleaned up by City of Fresno sanitation workers, creating a potentially hazardous situation. Photo below: City Sanitation worker drives by the pile of garbage without stopping.

Why does the City of Fresno refuse to provide trash bins, portable toilets, or drinking water to this communities homeless? Not only is it shamefully neglectful of this communities most vulnerable citizens, it could potentially create a dangerous health hazard for both the homeless and housed alike.

§Big Sue Interview

by Mike Rhodes

Wed, Oct 13, 2010 1:45PM

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Big Sue, who is homeless and lives in downtown Fresno, called me the other day and said that large piles of garbage were piling up near homeless encampments and that the city refused to clean it up. This is a 4:17 second interview about the situation.

§The Health Hazard

by Mike Rhodes

Wed, Oct 13, 2010 1:45PM

This is the corner of E and Santa Clara. You can see a pile of trash on the bottom of the photo and across the street, with a person sitting outside his tent in the middle.

§The Hill

by Mike Rhodes

Wed, Oct 13, 2010 1:45PM