Remember the homeless that plopped down next to the entrance to the East Yosemite Avenue McDonald’s partially blocking the sidewalk while panhandling, cooking food, enjoying a few beers and sometimes sleeping?It is where the four homeless that sued the city saying Manteca was violating their civil rights hung out for months with relative immunity while the city hammered out a settlement with lawyers to avoid a federal suit for proceeding to trial.The settlement led to the city hiring community resource officers to assist the homeless and wiping out previous citations issued to the four. Manteca also paid the four plaintiffs and their attorneys $47,000 while the city incurred $30,000 in legal costs.At any rate, the homeless were back at the McDonald’s driveway Monday morning. People reported their numbers had swelled to four by 8 p.m. and that they were openly drinking from beer cans on a public sidewalk that is a citable offense for anyone.But there is a catch.
McDonalds is their kind of place