Damian is doing ok and is very determined to remain on the site at this point even in the face of open hostility from certain members of the Marin community. Following the arson attack, the City of San Rafael used a bulldozer to scrape all evidence of the fire and Damian's remaining possessions off the ground and into a dump truck. I brought Damian clothes and a few supplies. Then another article came out in the MarinIJ - the article has photos of Damian and he is wearing the shirt I gave him:
https://www.marinij.com/2019/06/25/san-rafael-clears-burned-encampment-in-terra-linda/

It is possible that the site clearing action was taken by the City of San Rafael due to the upcoming Marin county fair where many people would be walking by the encampment to attend the fair. We plan to install an information booth at the site to exercise the right of peaceful assembly and protest the open hostility towards people who are experiencing homelessness in Marin County. Marin has the 7th highest per capita rate of homelessness of any city or county in the USA.

The Marin county fair starts on July 3 and runs for a week. Here is the exact location of the encampment:
https://goo.gl/maps/9bd3Cmh1QzRcMALy5

peace - A

On Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 2:39 AM Jenny Ryan <tunabananas@gmail.com> wrote:
This is terrible :( thanks so much for the report and your advocacy! I'm cc'ing Needa Bee from The Village in Oakland - they're doing a great job suing the City of Oakland for their many egregious human rights violations re: homeless encampments. Perhaps you can help take testimony or at the least, relay some of her vital knowledge to the organizers.

Apologies for the brevity of this response - PM me for a more extended discussion.

<3

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 11:56 Autonomous <autonomous666@gmail.com> wrote:
A while back I had a discussion with Matt Senate about the declining number of Sudoroom members. His comment was that the single biggest factor in his view was the lack of affordable housing which he referred to as the "horror of housing".

This week in Marin county a homeless encampment near me in San Rafael was razed to the ground by a gasoline-can wielding arsonist. The police posted a "campsite warning notice" 3 days prior to the attack, then went on to say that there is nothing they could do about it because a of a recent federal ruling. This situation caused a near uproar among Marin county residents on sites such as Nextdoor.

The victim of the arson attack Damain stated that he was sieeping inside a structure with his girlfriend when he heard a thump on the roof and a whoosh of the structure erupting in flames. He was barely able to escape and pull his girlfriend from the fire. When the fire department arrived they took no action to put out the fire. The police were laughing at Damian's girlfriend who was wearing nothing but her underwear and was wrapped in a blanket. The emergency responders did not check the victims to see if they were suffering from burns or smoke inhalation. Afterwards the police said that fires start at homeless campsites all the time and that Damian should consider moving on.

Since the camp is nearby our sanctuary in Marin I saw the site before and after the attack and took a video of one of the victims: Solution to homelessness in Marin County - arson and attempted murder?

Here is a link to an article that came out today in the MarinIJ:

I am currently working with an ee engineer in the area to deploy sensors on the site and have delivered supplies and clothing to the victims.

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