Step one is Quit Breaking Laws by HART by Mayor and VPD Enforcing the Laws

Potential Violations by Mayor Anne O of Vancouver

Federal

• Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.)
• § 402 (NPDES permits): Any “point source” discharge of pollutants (including human waste, trash, PFAS‐laden runoff) into “waters of the United States” requires an NPDES permit. Operating a camp on the creek bank without one is a direct violation. epa.govecfr.gov
• § 404 (dredge-and-fill permits): Placing tents, structures or fill materials in wetlands or creek channels requires a § 404 permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. nacwa.org

Washington State

• RCW 90.48 – Water Pollution Control Act
• Prohibits any unauthorized discharge of pollutants into state waters. Ecology may enforce civil and criminal penalties for non-permitted discharges. app.leg.wa.gov
• RCW 36.70A.172 – Growth Management Act (Critical Areas)
• Requires all cities to designate and protect “Critical Aquifer Recharge Areas” (CARAs) using best available science. Camping and associated waste disposal in a CARA are prohibited without a Critical Areas permit and mitigation measures. app.leg.wa.gov

City of Vancouver Municipal Code

• VMC 8.22.040 – Unlawful Camping & Outside Habitation
• Camping is flatly banned “within 200 feet of … Burnt Bridge Creek” (and other “Camping Impact Areas”), except inside an authorized supportive-campsite permit. Operating outside the permit process violates this section. cityofvancouver.us
• VMC 14.26.117 – Discharges to Water Resources
• “No person … shall discharge any potentially harmful materials … into the water resources of the city.” Unauthorized graywater or sewage from the camp breaches this prohibition. vancouver.municipal.codes
• VMC Title 14.09 – Stormwater Management
• Illicit discharges (any non-stormwater flow) into the MS4 or directly to creeks are prohibited. Camp runoff and waste constitute illicit discharges under VMC 14.09.040. cityofvancouver.us
• VMC Chapter 20.740 – Critical Areas Ordinance (CAO)
• Land uses in CARAs (and riparian buffers) are restricted to those expressly allowed by the CAO. A homeless camp is not a permitted use and thus violates multiple CAO provisions. vancouvercity.novusagenda.com

In sum: by permitting an unsanctioned camp along Burnt Bridge Creek, the city is operating in direct conflict with federal CWA permitting requirements, state water-quality and critical-areas statutes, and multiple sections of the Vancouver Municipal Code governing camping, stormwater, and critical-area protections.

In response to what is being done about adding more shelter beds, a spokesperson said, “We are also in the process of developing a 120-bed congregate shelter, scheduled to open in summer 2026, which will provide greater capacity for addressing chronic unsheltered homelessness in a humane and lawful way. Until that facility opens, the City’s encampment decommissioning process will continue to prioritize locations with the highest public safety, health, and environmental risks for closure, such as those locations with significant ongoing criminal activity, violence and other victimization of vulnerable people, while maintaining regular outreach and engagement at other locations like Jefferson Street.”

In other words, nothing will be done, Peter,until Mayor Annie gets her “Bridge Shelter”. Heard anything lately on when they plan to close BBC to camping??

Me neither.

The truth is that few, if any of the vagrant denizens inhabiting BBC, Jefferson Street, or any of the other filthy encampments Mayor Annie refuses to address, will ever see the inside of that shelter because they are either ineligible, or will outright refuse to go.

Then what, Annie?? Peter??