Police Shutting Down Sacramento Homeless Camp - Police Confiscated Some Tents and Sleeping Bags

[Kadie]

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Police Shutting Down Sac Homeless Camp
Residents Told To Move On

POSTED: 8:52 am PDT September 2, 2009
UPDATED: 9:36 am PDT September 2, 2009

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Police took action Wednesday morning to close down a Sacramento homeless camp.

Officers issued several citations for alleged unlawful camping to those living at the SafeGround encampment, located on a vacant lot on C Street between 12th and 13th streets.

The property owner, attorney Mark Merin, gave permission to the campers to live on his property.

Police allowed the 30 or so occupants of the camp to take away many of their personal belongings.

However, officers confiscated some tents and sleeping bags.

Police said officers visited the camp in recent days advising camp occupants to leave.

more...
http://www.kcra.com/news/20687170/detail.html


:wtf:

[ananda]

1. This was done for no good reason?!!

The article didn't say why the police did that.

Icksime.. The police state sure sucks!

[Kadie]

3. I wish the article was more specific.

I will see what else I can find. I can not think of any good reason to take someone's shelter and bedding.

[Kadie]

6. Maybe this is why...

There were more tents there than people at the time...

Sacramento police take action against homeless campground

By Bill Lindelof
[e-mail]

snip...

"The individuals out here have been contacted multiple times in the past two weeks and they have been informed they are in violation of the Sacramento city camping ordinance," said Sacramento police spokeswoman Laura Peck. "We are out here citing those folks."

Peck said police are hopeful the homeless will gather their belongings and leave. Police are offering containers to the homeless to help gather up belongings.

About a dozen homeless people were on the site when police arrive, but police counted 33 tents on the lot.

more...
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2155700.html

[LiberalFighter]

2. Did the police have permission to enter private property?

Too bad someone couldn't pour cement in the police chief's home.

[havocmom]

4. Wondering if there were complaints of violations of zoning used to do this

Sad, but zoning regs might be used to basically make homelessness illegal. Of course, it doesn't solve the problem of homelessness, does it? Just keeps it out of view.

:banghead:

[Kadie]

7. Not supose to camp anywhere for more than 24 hours.

This guy offered his property to help the homeless, but someone complained.

http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2154645.html

[ixion]

5. It's very sad, the way this country deals with the homeless

for all this talk about liberty and freedom, we just can't seem to let people live.