Fresno’s controversial anti-camping ordinance — which allows for misdemeanor charges and jail time if homeless individuals refuse services — isn’t helping to move the needle on homelessness, according to the city’s top official.
During a June 9 press conference where city and county leaders presented a new approach to tallying the region’s unhoused population, Mayor Jerry Dyer addressed questions about whether the August 2024 law is having an impact on the number of homeless individuals in the city.
“In terms of the ‘no camping’ ordinance, I don’t know that has had a dramatic effect in terms of reducing the number of unhoused and homeless folks in the community,” Dyer said…