The Las Deltas Housing Authority is in the process of demolishing all of the residential structures on Market Street, Silver Street, Jade Street, Harrold Street, and Warren Street in North Richmond. The demolition work is expected to be completed early this year. The long term plan is to construct affordable housing on the property. However, in the interim, there is a concern that having a large vacant parcel in the neighborhood will become an attractive nuisance, leading to urban blight, illegal dumping or the establishment of homeless encampments. The vacant parcels may also attract illegal roadway sideshows, as well as other illicit and criminal activities.
Therefore, the Contra Costa County Public Works Department, Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, and the California Highway Patrol support the Las Deltas Housing Authority’s request to temporary close portions of Market Street and Silver Street, as well as all of Jade Street, Harrold Street, and Warren Street, and recommends that the Board of Supervisors fix the hearing to consider adoption of the resolution temporarily closing these public roadways in North Richmond.
The roadways could not be temporarily closed to prevent serious and continual criminal activities along the roadways.