Politics & Government
Items From SF Homeless Encampments Being Closely Watched As Sweeps Ramp Up
"I think maybe a lot of people think that we're just throwing people's items away for no reason," Edgar Garcia told CBS News Bay Area.
August 2, 2024
San Francisco's policy for bagging and tagging property that is removed from a homeless encampment is being closely watched by critics and supporters of the city's latest crackdown on clearing the encampments.
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Once property is sorted through at the site of a sweep, workers with the Department of Public Works comb through each item to determine if it is salvageable, soiled or hazardous.
Items deemed salvageable are then placed in a bag and tagged at the site where members of the team will document the process with photos and a paper trail.
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Edgar Garcia of the San Francisco Department of Public Works shows CBS News Bay Area belongings that were stored following a homeless encampment sweep, August 1, 2024/CBS
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