Red Bluff River Park — Attraction in Red Bluff

C'mon, now! I have no problems with homeless people being allowed to be left alone to camp in peace, but being left to overrun public spaces is completely unacceptable. Not just allowed to camp "in the park", but now they've been encouraged by the city to go ahead and set up camp RIGHT ON TOP OF picnic tables and other prime day-use areas.

There are literally DOZENS of places to camp in this town THAT ARE NOT intended specifically for children and families to be able to use. What's more, city ordinance states it is unlawful for any overnight camping IN ANY PUBLIC AREA without THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT of the Mayor naming specific individuals, sites and dates.

What that means is that EVERY TIME a police officer sees these tents in the park and doesn't make them move IMMEDIATELY, that officer is in violation of city law and should be issued a criminal citation themselves. Let's start holding our law enforcement accountable for upholding it's own laws and safeguarding the public trust.

We need to start mobilizing this truth at city council meetings and such. No more should we stand by and watch our law enforcement ignore public health and safety in the name of "it's too much of a hassle to do the...

Much cleaner than it used to be. Nicely maintained and prettied up quite a bit. Quite nice.

Now there's a tent city blocking much of the trails and day-use areas. The police won't put the campers out of the park even though city code CLEARLY STATES that no one may camp in public areas (other than designated campgrounds) without EXPRESS PERSONAL PERMISSION from the city FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME.

None of the campers have a letter from the mayor or city hall, and no one can/will say what the "end of the predetermined period" is, so NONE of these campers has legitimate camping permission. Which means that EVERY TIME A POLICE OFFICER REFUSES TO MAKE THE PARK CAMPERS MOVE ON, THAT OFFICER IS GUILTY OF ONE CRIME PER CAMPER BEING ALLOWED TO STAY.

Chew on that for a minute. RBPD is staffed by officers who would RATHER BE GUILTY OF MULTIPLE CRIMES ON A DAILY BASIS THAN SAFEGUARD OUR CHILDRENS'...

Newer playground equipment but in direct sunlight so it was extremely hot in 87 degree weather. Too hot for my two year olds skin to slide or safely play. Very little shade anywhere else and what shade there was was already occupied by other people. Questionable activities going on by transients occupying most of park. We brought our dog thinking there would be easy water access to the river(Google photos made it appear that way) near the playground but the river was pretty far, across rocks from where we were. Didn't even attempt that. We only stayed for about 20 minutes. Would return maybe later or earlier in the day when it's cooler. Has swimming pool(s?) too but large one was uncovered and a lovely shade of mucky green. Hopefully just hasn't had its yearly...