Sidewalk deadlock
Members of the Chico community are calling for swift action to clean up vagrancy downtown just one week before the Chico City Council is scheduled to review a proposal that would give police the authority to clear out downtown sidewalks.
While the proposal makes its way to the council chambers, a newly formed union of downtown businesses is on the verge of commissioning a private security force charged with the task of moving the homeless away from storefronts.