“Our experience was very positive, our guests were very respectful, we had no issues with them being here,” said the Rev. The Fremont City Council last year approved an ordinance that allows any faith-based organization to volunteer to host a permitted safe parking program for one month at a time.įour churches have signed up for the pilot, according to city and church officials, and the program’s second month is being hosted at Niles Discovery Church. However, city officials, advocates for homeless people and a pastor whose church previously hosted the nascent program in south Fremont say it offers critical stability to those participating - often the working poor - and has virtually no effects on people living nearby. The flier, as well as some residents who posted photos of it on the social media site Nextdoor, have been encouraging residents to oppose the plans. “Let them know that this is our neighborhood and we don’t want a homeless parking program,” read a flier that someone distributed on mailboxes around the Parkmont neighborhood this week.Ĭhrist the King Lutheran Church in Parkmont is planning to host a safe parking program for one month, possibly in May or June.
Fremont: Safe parking program for homeless people stirring fears Close MenuįREMONT - Some Fremont residents are pushing back against a “safe parking” pilot program that allows people living in their cars to park overnight in church parking lots, saying they are worried crime will increase in their neighborhood and encampments might spring up if the program goes forward.
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