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In December 2014, San Jose police evicted 60 people who remained at the encampment. 114 people were placed in housing, and others were given temporary housing arrangements. The encampment cleanup cost the city and the Santa Clara Valley Water District between $400,000 and $500,000. [ 73 ]
Homeless encampments are often cited as hazardous to public health and safety. They can also harm nearby business interests. [6] Many cities allow for encampment sweeps only in conjunction with a patchwork of services. Leading with offers of shelter is a consistent policy among outreach workers in many major U.S. cities, including San Francisco.
San Diego County counted 9,160 homeless people in 2017, decreasing to 8,576 in 2018—then the fourth-highest count in the United States. [104] In 2023, 10,203 homeless people were counted, a 14% increase from 2022. [105] The homeless veteran population reached 814 in 2023, rising 17% from the previous year. [106]
(The Center Square) – Over 1,000 RVs in San Jose being lived in will be towed in the coming months unless the owners are able to move them - which is impossible for many individuals as the RVs ...
The number for January 2024 is 18.1% higher than in 2023, when officials counted about 650,000 people living in homeless shelters or in parks and on streets. In 2022, the population of people ...
Santa Cruz, California: There are about 1,200 to 1,700 homeless in Santa Cruz, 3.5% of the city; many had lived or are living in Ross Camp [22] (200 people) and San Lorenzo Park (up to 300 people; closed in late 2022 [23]). Homeless tent city in Fremont Park, Santa Rosa, California, in August 2020. Tents of homeless people in San Francisco, 2017
Salesforce built a gleaming new skyscraper in the South of Market neighborhood, while Twitter moved into an Art Deco fortress on Market Street, the city’s main thoroughfare. Then came COVID-19.
Dwellings in The Jungle in October 2014. The Jungle was a large homeless encampment located in San Jose, California. [1] It was located off Story Road and along Coyote Creek, in an area called Coyote Meadow, and consisted of various makeshift dwellings, shacks, tree houses and tents on around 75 acres (30 ha) of land.