In April, CBS News Sacramento ran a story on the crisis of abandoned dogs in Stockton, and two days later, the founder of Stockton Street Dogs, Jesse Mejia, said 50 officers went to help, and that dogs that were shown on our air were rescued.
“That coverage really accelerated this program, and it had a direct impact,” Mejia said. “I cannot stress that enough.”
There is a plan in the works with the city, which Mejia said went to an ad-hoc committee that will help these dogs and the unhoused population get off the streets.
CBS News Sacramento joined Mejia on a Tuesday morning at a large unhoused encampment on Church Street near St. Mary’s Community Services’ homeless shelter to hear what this project can do for the city’s homeless and abandoned dogs. On this particular morning, Mejia said they had 200 pounds of food that they gave to around 70 dogs…