During the pandemic, washrooms all over the city were closed down; One reason was to slow the spread of Covid, then the disease was spreading quickly, especially in the homeless population.
They did not have face masks, hand sanitizer, or access to medicine. They were not being safe or protected; All of the public parks were closed down as well as the showers as well as washrooms were included. The only locale with washrooms seemed to be the beach as well as everyone was scrambling to use them. The mobile washrooms as well as portable toilets were set up by the beach access parking lots. The city was trying to supply washrooms for tourists, however the homeless set up a camp 3 hundred feet from the portable toilets; I worked for the sheriff last year when I got a call about a disturbance by the beach. I responded to the call. I had to be the guy to answer the call. I wish it had been someone else. I ended up in the middle of a really nasty situation. Two homeless men were fighting over the portable washroom. One guy wanted to sleep in the washroom as well as the other guy wanted to use the toilet. The men started fighting as well as then they started throwing things at each other. I was called down there to keep the peace. I tried to cut up the fight, even though I got things thrown in my direction. I had to threaten to taser both men before they would calm down as well as stop yelling as well as screaming. I’m thankful that I don’t have to deal with those concerns anymore.