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A homeless encampment sweep is the forced removal of homeless people and their property from a public area. It is a frequently-used strategy to mitigate issues related to homelessness. [ 1 ] Often called "encampment resolutions" or "clean-ups" by local governments, they are alternatively labeled "sweeps" by advocacy groups . [ 2 ]
Newsom's order directs state agencies to act soon and follow the lead of the California Department of Transportation, known as Caltrans, which has removed 11,188 encampments and more than 248,000 ...
They ordered a small encampment in the bushes of the Santa Rosa Creek to disperse, after having displaced those same campers from an area near the railroad tracks days earlier. [38] Following the housing losses of the Tubbs Fire , the Joe Rodota Trail became the site of a major homeless encampment located nearby Stony Point Road, which was the ...
Caltrans has cleared 11,000 homeless encampments since 2021 as the agency devotes an increasing amount of its resources to taking down tarp tents and makeshift kitchens alongside and under freeways.
Oceanside, California: South Ocean Blvd. encampment, [12] Roymar Road [13] which was later replaced with rocks in May 2021; Olympia, Washington: Camp Quixote. [14] Ontario, California: Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA) [15] Petaluma, California: Petaluma River encampment peaked at around 300 residents and may have some presence still. [16]
The City of Lodi on Tuesday evening released a statement explaining Caltrans had cleared out the encampment at the cloverleaf at Turner Road and Highway 99 the day prior. "While this area has been ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he was ordering more homeless camps to be cleared on state property Thursday.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing the California Departments of Parks and Recreation and Fish and Wildlife to adopt the California Department of Transportation's model of eliminating health and safety hazards in homeless encampments, regardless of whether homeless shelters were available in surrounding areas.