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Gov. Gavin Newsom issues an executive order requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments in their jurisdictions and urging California's cities to follow suit.
More than 75,000 people were homeless on any given night across Los Angeles County, according to a tally at the start of the year. About 45,252 were within the city of Los Angeles, where ...
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 ]
The Los Angeles Sanitation Department responded to 4,000 requests a month regarding encampments at the end of 2022. [15] The city of Fresno swept an encampment of around 25 people in April 2022. [24] In July 2023, the city of Antioch announced a five-year, $2.3 million on-call encampment removal contract with a ServiceMaster franchise. [25]
Folsom police Chief Rick Hillman said that the department’s homeless outreach (HOT) team will continue to work on clearing the 13 known encampments still standing after weeks of tent city removals.
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 ...
Signage for a 41.18 Special Enforcement Zone in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles. A homeless encampment sweep (or "clean-up") is the forced displacement of homeless encampments on public property and the removal of both unhoused individuals and their property from that area. Tactics vary between cities, suburbs and rural areas as to how much notice ...
In a report released in June 2024, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) found that LA Municipal Code 41.18, which allows for encampment removal in certain areas, isn't effective at ...