Posted on 11/23/2015 2:59:32 PM PST by rey
Transients are everywhere in Garberville, a tiny town with fewer than 1,000 residents. Dozens have set up a tent city on a hill just outside of town, dubbed “Hippie Hill.â€
The problem has given rise to a movement in Garberville to take back the town from vagrants and drug addicts who vandalize and burglarize homes and businesses, do hard drugs in public, urinate in the streets and harass tourists, who are now shunning the town.
“There is a bit of a community revolt,†said Humboldt County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jesse Taylor, who is based in Garberville.
Allen said she carries a Taser at all times because she’s been threatened and physically assaulted by vagrants, some apparently on drugs and acting crazy. Her store also has been vandalized, likely because she confronts people who act inappropriately in public. She’s also the spokeswoman for the group that has begun patrolling the town, offering assistance and advice to homeless people and attempting to get them to leave.
Willits is in good shape by comparison, but some residents are concerned and the city is split over trimmigration, the annual migration to the North Coast by people seeking work in the marijuana industry for the fall harvest season.
“There are people who do not like it at all. There obviously are others who don’t feel the same way,†said Lynn Kennelly, director of the Willits Chamber of Commerce.
Willits Mayor Bruce Burton is not a fan. He believes the trimmigrants are a negative for the community, potentially deterring the city’s efforts to attract doctors to its new hospital.
“I just don’t think it improves the curb appeal of the community,†Burton said.
He also doubts the trimmers are spending significant amounts of money in Willits.
(Excerpt) Read more at pressdemocrat.com ...
I’m guessing it’s Calif
Is a trimmigrant a trans gendered immigrant?
With Harvest Season, ‘Trimmigrants’ Flock To California’s Pot Capital.
California’s Humboldt County is known for its towering redwoods. But this region about 200 miles north of San Francisco has another claim to fame. Humboldt is to weed what Napa is to fine wine — it’s the heart of marijuana production in the U.S.
http://www.npr.org/2014/12/04/368440223/with-harvest-season-trimmigrants-flock-to-californias-pot-capital
that’s where Garberville is!
Garbageville?
Yup. Humboldt county.
Unintended consequences.
I think the local government and its employees need to be reminded who pays their salaries and what they are paid to do.
Hit that nail on the head, about 150 miles south of me.
Mendocino County I think.
They should just claim to be Syrians.
What a wolf in sheep’s clothing California is. So much beauty and so much dis-function.
That looks so charming. After tax hassles today I am ready for fantasy over reality!
It is a wonderful place — a 1925 Tudor Revival Benbow Inn on the National Register of Historic Places. TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence” 2015.
“...and harass tourists, who are now shunning the town.”
Being that it is California maybe they could pass a law forbidding “deviant/despicable homeless people”, “tax them” , or sue the tourists that are shunning them!!!!
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