MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Monday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
2. El Faro Mexican Restaurant.
3. World Gas.
4. Foodmaxx on  Monument.
5. McDonald's on Monument.
6. Super Liquor & Food at Reganti.
7. Home Depot around the corner from Seafood City.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Friday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. Foodmaxx on Monument.
2. Mercado Del Valle.
3. Little Ceasar's on Monument.
4. Home Depot around the corner from ITT Technical Institute.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

Edi "Ed" Birsan's latest Pulse-of-Concord Survey....

Mr. Edi Birsan (pronounced: "Edd-Dee Beer-Sann), a long time Concord resident, is running for the Concord City Council in November and is taking a Pulse-of-Concord Survey.

The Pulse of Concord

CLICK HERE to take the survey. This is round-three of the survey and will be running for the next couple of weeks.

Edi "Ed" Birsan

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Tuesday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
2. Home Depot around the corner from ITT Technical Institute.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Monday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
2. Dolan's Lumber.
3. World Gas.
4. Foodmaxx.
5. Freeway Insurance.
6. Super Liquor & Food at Reganti & Monument.
7. Home Depot around the corner from The Willows.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Saturday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. Wendy's Hamburgers.
2. Super Liquor & Food at Reganti & Monument.
3. Home Depot around the corner from The Willows.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

HOME DEPOT FREE OF SOLICITORS for three days...

Great news!

Home Depot has a new Security Guard named Tesh who takes Day Laborer streetside eradication seriously.

A thousand thanks to Tesh for taking his job seriously and for doing a good job of driving Day Laborers off the Home Depot property.

OK, fine citizens of Concord, it's time to help Tesh send it home! Call the Concord Police Department at 671-3333 every time you see Day Laborers at streetside.

Hats off to Tesh, our new hero!

TAKING ACTION for Saturday...

Dear Neighbors and Fellow Citizens of CLAYCORD,

Please make today, Saturday, your special day to take action by contacting at least *one* business that's not cracking down on Day Laborer loitering on or near their business property.

The 'taking action' links are on the right hand column of this Blog.

Let's clean up our neighborhood, and our fine City.

Take care.
The Monumayor

A Day Without a Mexican: DVD or Video

A Day Without a Mexican:

One morning, California wakes up to find that one-third of its population -- the Hispanic third -- has disappeared. A strange pink fog envelops the state, and communication outside its boundaries is completely cut off. The economic, political and social implications of this disaster threaten California's way of life, and for a group of disparate people (all white, except for one Latina), the cracks in their private lives are forced wide open.

CLICK HERE to rent from NetFlix. 

Cast: Caroline Aaron, Melinda Allen, Frankie J. Allison, Yareli Arizmendi, Todd Babcock, Maria Beck, Brian Brophy, Maureen Flannigan, Suzanne Friedline, Jonathan Fuller

Director: Sergio Arau
Genres: Comedy, Indie Comedies, Spoofs and Satire, Latino Comedies
This movie is: Quirky
Format: DVD

A Day Without a Mexican

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Monday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. Vista Del Monte Mobile Home Park on Monument.
2. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
3. Dolan Lumber on Monument.
4. World Gas on Monument.
5. McDonalds at Virginia Lane.
6. Mercado Del Valle on Monument.
7. 7-11 at Lacey Lane.
8. Nguyen Lee Industrial Catering (truck).
9. Wendy's Hamburgers on Monument.
10. Super Liquor & Food at Reganti & Monument.
11. El Rancho Mexican Restaurant (worst offender of the day).
12. Home Depot near Concord Mitsubishi.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

DAY LABORERS: PRIOR ACTIONS (series part-V)....

The City of Concord and the Concord Police Department took some steps to mitigate the Day Laborer problem; however, these actions have not been successful in eliminating the problems associated with the loitering Day Laborers.

Prior actions taken included:

2. In 1995 the City of Concord adopted the “Traffic Safety Anti-Solicitation Ordinance”, Concord Municipal Code (CMC) Article-X Sections 106-561 to 106-566 inclusive. This ordinance makes it unlawful to solicit or attempt to solicit employment from any person traveling in a vehicle along a public right-of-way. The ordinance also makes it unlawful for any person, while driving or occupying a vehicle, to solicit employment from a person whom is within the public right-of-way. 

Enforcement of this ordinance is not practical and has had only a minimal impact on the problem. However, the acts of solicitation have moved from the public right-of way onto the private property parking lots of local businesses. The laborers and contractors alike have realized that moving from the public rightof- way, onto private property, gets around the provisions of the ordinance. 

Enforcement of the Anti-Solicitation/Traffic Safety Ordinance is difficult because collecting evidence to prove both solicitation and the creation of a traffic safety hazard requires considerable resources. The Concord Police Department issued 18 citations under the Ordinance between 1998 and 1999. The Department estimates approximately 50-60 verbal warnings have been issued over the same time period. This level of enforcement, while active at time, did not caused a noticeable reduction in solicitation.

( ... to be continued ...)

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Thursday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
2. 7-11 at Lacey Lane.
3. Nguyen Lee Industrial Catering (truck that follows & feeds Day Laborers).
4. Super Liquor & Food at Reganti & Monument.
5. Home Depot around the corner from The Willows.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

HOME DEPOT: Chronic deadbeats....

Home Depot day in and day out is one of the most irresponsible businesses in Concord when it comes to manning up to the Day Labor loitering/solicitation issue.

For your entertainment I have posted a Home Depot spoof below. Leave your comments HERE.
Thanks!
Monumayor

DAY LABORERS: PRIOR ACTIONS (series part-IV)....

The City of Concord and the Concord Police Department took some steps to mitigate the Day Laborer problem; however, these actions have not been successful in eliminating the problems associated with the loitering Day Laborers.

Prior actions taken included:

1. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.), an Agency of The Department of Homeland Security for several years conducted “enforcement actions” geared at identifying and detaining undocumented aliens who are among the groups of Day Laborers. While these actions have been successful in detaining illegal aliens, they have had little long lasting impact on the Day Laborer problem. Additionally, these enforcement actions by I.C.E. have generated a significant amount of negative publicity. I.C.E. has stopped using these “enforcement actions” as a means to deal with Day Laborers. At this juncture I.C.E. only performs sweeps of Criminal-Aliens (aliens that have an outstanding criminal warrant).

( ... to be continued ...)

Edi Birsan's LATEST Pulse-of-Concord Survey....

Edi Birsan, a long time Concord resident, is running for the Concord City Council in November and is taking a Pulse-of-Concord Survey.

The Pulse of Concord

CLICK HERE to take the survey. This is round-three of the survey and will be running for the next couple of weeks.

LET'S CUT TO THE CHASE....

Let's cut to the chase: Day Laborer Loitering is a police matter.

The business owner declares a No-Loitering Policy on their business property. If anybody loiters, they are asked to move along. If they refuse to move along the Concord Police Department enforces it.

End of story.  Your thoughts?

MONUMENT CORRIDOR BOYCOTT list for Tuesday....

Please BOYCOTT these Monument Corridor Businesses that allow Day Laborers to solicit day jobs upon or near their property:

1. Vista Del Monte Mobile Home Park on Monument.
2. U-Haul Equipment Rentals on Monument.
3. El Faro Mexican Food on Monument.
4. Dolan Lumber on Monument.
5. World Gas on Monument.
6. Union-76 Gas Station on Monument.
7. Foodmaxx Shopping Center on Monument.
8. McDonalds at Virginia Lane.
9. Mercado Del Valle on Monument.
10. 7-11 at Lacey Lane.
11. Nguyen Lee Industrial Catering (truck that follows & feeds Day Laborers).
12. Super Food & Liquor at Reganti & Monument.
13. Los Rancheros Carniceria on Monument.
14. Hankook Market on Monument.
15. El Rancho Mexican Restaurant (worst offender of the day).
16. Home Depot by Anderson's TV.

This is a snapshot taken on this day. The other businesses in The Corridor are cooperating today by enforcing the spirit and intent of the City-of-Concord's No-Solicitation Municipal-Code 106-561 Please click on the 'taking action' links to sound-off to the businesses that tolerate this blight on our neighborhood and on our town.

DAY LABORERS: STRATEGY (series part-III)....

The business community has also expressed a concern regarding the loitering Day Laborers. Many of the owners or managers of the surrounding business properties are afraid to personally contact the loiterers. The business owners have complained that the presence of Day Laborers is a detriment to the business community, as many potential customers go elsewhere, rather than be intimidated by the loitering Day Laborers.

The problems associated with Day Laborers also present a significant drain on police resources. On many occasions officers have contacted loitering Day Laborers that are in violation of various alcohol and/or drug offenses. Day laborers also contribute to excessive amounts of trash and litter being scattered about the area.

( ... to be continued ...)

DAY LABORERS: STRATEGY (series part-II)....

The purpose of the Day Laborers Strategy is to document a specific plan of action as well as to identify the resources necessary to reduce or eliminate the number of Day Laborers congregating streetside or near businesses in and around The Monument Corridor. The key objective is to eliminate community complaints regarding neighborhood blight, harassment, and intimidation associated with the Day Laborers. Citizen surveys and other key performance indicators will measure this.

( ... to be continued ...)

DAY LABORERS: BACKGROUND & HISTORY (series part-I)....

For more than twenty-years the Monument Boulevard Corridor has been a gathering spot for Day Laborers in search of work (or just to hang out with their friends). Initially, the primary gathering spot was the intersection of Monument Boulevard at Lacey Lane. A 7-Eleven store is located at this intersection and it was the original central gathering place. On some days, there were as many as 25-50 subjects in and around the 7-Eleven store parking lot. Over time, the Day Laborers have increased their numbers and now stretch out along the corridor between The Trees Lane and Caven Way. The Day Laborers have also branched out to Meridian Park Boulevard (Home Depot). It is not uncommon to have Day Laborers loitering in front of businesses on both sides of Monument Boulevard between Caven Way to the east, and The Trees Drive to the west. By 1999 the number had increased to 75-125 on an average day. The vast majority of Day Laborers are Hispanic males. According to Lieutenant Andrew L. Gartner, of the Concord Police Department, a significant number being undocumented aliens.

The problems associated with the loitering Day Laborers center on complaints from both the residential and business communities. Concord Police Department personnel and Concord City staff receive frequent complaints from residents who are intimidated by the vast numbers of loitering men (and women). Many residents have expressed a fear of shopping in the area when the Day Laborers are present. On occasion, there have been confrontations between residents and the loitering Day Laborers. At times, individuals (especially those driving pick-up trucks) attempting to do business in The Monument Boulevard Corridor, are surrounded by Day Laborers seeking work. These shoppers feel quite intimidated by the aggressiveness of the Day Laborers and these shoppers are often compelled to take their business elsewhere, even to other towns (mainly Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Pacheco, Martinez, and Clayton). Significant sales-tax dollars are lost to Concord, shoppers time and fuel are lost when shoppers feel more comfortable shopping in adjacent towns that don't allow the Day Laborer loitering problem to exist.

( ... to be continued ...)