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.
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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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