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UIN -(b‘c'e SAN*JOAQUIN Environmental Health Department COUNTY Greatness grows here. OFFICIAL INSPECTION REPORT FACILITY NAME/TYPE: HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT DATE: MARCH 30TH, 2022 ADDRESS: STARTS NEAR 1410 RYDE AVE. CITY: STOCKTON ZIP CODE: 95203 OWNER/OPERATOR: STATE OF CALIFORNIA (CAL-TRANS) TELEPHONE #: TYPE OF INSPECTION: El COMPLAINT LI STATUS CHECK U OTHER PROGRAM ELEMENT: 1310 RECORD ID#: C00054776 NATURE OF COMPLAINT/CONSULTATION: THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT (EHD) WAS ASKED BY CAL-TRANS TO ASSIST IN ASSESSING THE CAMP FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY THREATS. OBSERVATIONS/COMMENTS: THE ENCAMPMENT STARTS AT THE 1-5 BRIDGE OVER SMITH'S CANAL. UNDER THE BRIDGE, ONLY A FEW TENTS ARE PRESENT, BUT THERE IS TRASH AND OTHER WASTE BEING DISCARDED INTO THE WATER. IN ADDITION TO WATER POLLUTION, UNDER THE BRIDGE THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE DIGGING NEXT TO SUPPORT PYLONS AND A BURN PIT WAS OBSERVED TO BE ACTIVELY IN USE NEXT TO THE PYLONS. AT THE CORNER OF RYDE AND SHIMIZU, A LARGE AMOUNT OF JUNK AND HOUSEHOLD TRASH, INCLUDING HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS OBSERVED. THE "TRASH HEAP" HAD RECENTLY CAUGHT ON FIRE, BUT HAS BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY REPLENISHED (PLEASE SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS). VECTORS SUCH AS RATS AND FLIES WERE SEEN IN THIS LOCATION AS WELL. FROM THE CORNER OF RYDE AND SHIMIZU, THE ENCAMPMENT PARALLELS THE 1-5 SOUTHBOUND, TERMINATING AT MONTE DIABLO AVE. A LARGE AMOUNT OF TENTS, FIRE PITS, AND TRASH ARE PRESENT HERE. THE AREA IS COVERED IN HIGH GRASS AND BEHIND OCCUPIED RESIDENCES. THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE TO SPREAD FROM THE ENCAMPMENT TO THESE RESIDENCES IS GREAT. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH/SAFETY CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: WATER POLLUTION DUE TO TRASH AND HAZARDOUS WASTE GOING INTO SMITH'S CANAL. A POTENTIAL FOR DISEASE TO SPREAD VIA THE LARGE AMOUNT OF VECTORS (RATS AND FLIES) PRESENT. MULTIPLE FIRE PITS LOCATED IN TALL GRASS, BEHIND RESIDENCES, CREATING A POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE STRUCTURE FIRES. THE ENCAMPMENT IS NEXT TO THE 1-5 SOUTHBOUND, CREATING A RISK TO TRAFFIC AND THE CAMPS OCCUPANTS. + EHD RECOMMENDS THE REMOVAL OF THE CAMPS OCCUPANTS AND THE IMMEDIATE CLEANING OF THE AREA. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPREAD OF DISEASE, AND LOSS OF LIFE, OF BOTH THE OCCUPANTS OF THE ENCAMPMENT, MOTORIST, AND THE NEAR BY RESIDENCE IS DETERMINED TO BE HIGH. INSPECTED BY: MICHAEL SUSZYCKI DATE OF REPORT : APRIL 1ST, 2022 EHD 48-05 Rev. 10/26/2017 Inspection Report 1868 E. HazeIton Avenue I Stockton, California 95205 I T 209 468-3420 I F 209 464-0138 I www.sjcehd.com