Homeless Center to be relocated next door to Marinwood? Meeting Tonight at San Rafael City Hall at 7 PM!!

The Ritter Center may be moving to 67 Mark Drive in San Rafael. This will mean more homeless in Marinwood Lucas Valley open space .  In the last year, homeless encampments have caused three fires in Marinwood open space.  With thousands of acres of open space close by we expect this homeless encampments to increase, along with drug use and petty crime in our neighborhoods.

Come to the Meeting at 7 PM tonight!

San Rafael leaders craft possible deal for Ritter Center annex

The Ritter Center in downtown San Rafael offers food, clothing, medical care and other services to the destitute. City officials are trying to reduce the number of people served there. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal) 

By Janis Mara, Marin Independent Journal

POSTED: 06/05/16, 7:21 PM PDT | UPDATED: 43 MINS AGO

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A compromise proposal in which the Ritter Center would move all or part of its food pantry, showers and mail service elsewhere will be presented at the San Rafael City Council meeting Monday.

The city has been considering changing or revoking Ritter’s use permit in an attempt to reduce the number of people served there. The alternative plan, which would leave the permit unchanged, was hammered out between the center and city officials over the past few weeks.

“We’re trying to find some win-win opportunities that help both the city and Ritter,” said Andrew Hening, San Rafael’s director of homeless outreach and policy.

The proposed location is  at 67 Mark Drive, San Rafael

See the Google Maps location HERE 

It is situated atop a toxic plume site left by Pac Bell at 23 Mark Drive

and Fairchild Semiconductor Site next door.

The council will discuss the proposal at its 7 p.m. meeting at City Hall.

see Full Article in the Marin IJ HERE