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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 ]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies Thursday to start removing homeless encampments on state land in his boldest action yet following a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to ...
California had 180,000 homeless people in 2023, more than any other state, and the majority slept outdoors, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Two weeks later, Newsom arrived in a T-shirt, aviator sunglasses and a baseball cap with a California Department of Transportation crew to clean up encampments near an entrance to the 5 Freeway in ...
Under Newsom’s leadership, the state has spent roughly $24 billion to clean up streets and house people, including at least $3.2 billion in grants given to local governments to build shelters ...
A tent city on East 12th Street in Oakland, California, set up by local homeless people, 2019 Homeless man in Fresno, California, 2019. In January 2024 at least 187,084 people were experiencing homelessness in California, according to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In addition to "homeless and poor families" a number of protestors stayed at the encampment temporarily and participated in antipoverty protests led by the KWRU. [164] In August 2013, 20 homeless women and children slept outside a homeless intake building on Juniper Street to protest the lack of available shelter beds at the start of the school ...
State agencies received an executive order on July 25 directing them to clear homeless encampments on public property across the California, allowing local governments to more swiftly sweep tent ...