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As an Ontario pastor and homeless advocate, I want to congratulate the city of Ontario for its ongoing commitment to serving the city's homeless community, and its latest effort to improve safety and sanitary conditions at its temporary Homeless Services Area, known by most as Tent City.
Through the church I am privileged to serve and as executive director of the Ontario-Montclair YMCA, I have visited the site to provide aid to the homeless staying there. I've watched the population skyrocket from just a few people to the hundreds who have flocked from across Southern California to Ontario. I have witnessed fistfights at the site. I've seen children and minors at the site. I've watched animals run loose. Ontario police reported that a serious stabbing occurred at the site in October and police calls to the site have been numerous.See the full content of this document
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Ontario Steps Up
I was among the nonprofit groups and churches who warned city officials about how overcrowding has resulted in health and ...
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