Re: San Luis Obispo, CA - Charity for Homeless Leads to Jailing of Rancher for Providing Shelter

[JonesieCat]

"Pneuma" <frank...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/breaking_news/v-print/story/931725.html
> http://media.sanluisobispo.com/smedia/2009/11/23/09/De-Vaul-Court064.mi_embedded.prod_affiliate.76.jpg
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> Posted on Mon, Nov. 23, 2009
> Dan De Vaul of Sunny Acres taken to jail after refusing probation
> Tenants of the Sunny Acres ranch for the homeless applauded today as ranch
> owner Dan De Vaul was handcuffed and sentenced to 90 days in jail after
> refusing a condition of probation.
> De Vaul, 66, refused terms of probation offered by Judge John Trice that
> would have set forth mandatory checks and code compliance of a barn where
> homeless live on his property, as well as removal of vehicles stored
> there.
> A group of about 30 supporters attended the sentencing. De Vaul was
> convicted of two charges of code violations relating to his barn and
> storage of vehicles on his Sunny Acres farm on Los Osos Valley Road.
> De Vaul gave a statement in court saying that the law is open to
> interpretation and said that he felt a disconnect between the desires of
> people in the county and unfair enforcement.
> Trice said he believed De Vaul and his lawyers were confusing the social
> issue of helping the needy in the county - De Vaul assists drug and
> alcohol users with a substance abuse program on his ranch - and compliance
> with the law.
> Prosecutor Craig Van Rooyen said the barn was not a living unit and could
> have led to accident or injury with a fire.
> Some of De Vaul's supporters cried, some clapped, and one woman yelled out
> "We're with you, Dan," before he was led away to County Jail in handcuffs.
> --Nick Wilson
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> http://sunnyacresca.com/index.htm
>
> --
> Pneuma

I'd like to know more about this.
jc