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Residents, businesses urge Perris officials to address encampment, dumping, power outages and loitering near Nuevo and Paris Boulevard
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the Perris City Council about a growing homeless encampment at the Perris Valley drain off Ramona Expressway, repeated illegal dumping, ongoing citywide power outages affecting households, and business losses tied to loitering and theft near Nuevo and Perris Boulevard.
Several residents and business representatives used the Nov. 10 public-comment period to press Perris officials for action on public-safety and quality-of-life issues.
Lupe Gomez, speaking during public comment, thanked supporters of her recent campaign and said she would continue to press the city on neighborhood problems in District 1. Gomez said a homeless encampment at the Perris Valley drain off Ramona Expressway has been growing for more than two weeks and requested city attention. She also reported repeated dumping on Walnut Street and Old Evans Road and said a citywide blackout has affected thousands of residents, leaving people unable to refrigerate food.
Roberto (Robert) Ortiz described an ongoing rodent problem at roughly 60 homes and said a poison he placed this week disappeared without visible dead rodents; he also said residents are experiencing extended power outages and that families need places to charge phones.
Representatives of ARCS Restaurant Management — Robert Graves and Linda Torres, who said they represent three locally owned McDonald’s locations — told the council they are facing repeated vagrancy, loitering and theft in the Nuevo and Perris Boulevard area. Torres said groups of teenagers arrive between roughly 3 p.m. and 8–10 p.m., run behind counters to grab food, and in one recent incident struck an employee who has special needs. The business representatives said they have requested additional sheriff patrols and said they have images and video documenting the conduct; they asked the city for “resources for more patrol.”
During the public-comment moderation, Mayor Vargas directed community members to the sheriff’s representatives present in the meeting and asked commenters to provide contact information to staff for follow up. No council action was taken at the Dec. 10 meeting during public comment; the matters were recorded for staff follow-up.
