Just one homeless encampment created 155,000 pounds of debris by a California river – The Mercury News

San Diego has finished pulling more than 155,000 pounds of debris out of just one prominent riverbed encampment, illustrating how complex and expensive responding to homelessness can be when it’s allowed to last for years.

The operation required a multimillion-dollar state grant and some of that money will now be spent helping former residents get, and keep, housing.

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Around 100 people had lived at the site by the San Diego River.

“The intended goal is saving lives,” Ketra Carter, a leader of the city’s homelessness strategies and solutions department, said in a phone interview.

City workers clearing and cleaning up a massive homeless encampment beneath the Interstate 5 overpass at the San Diego River on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Alejandro Tamayo / The San Diego Union-Tribune) 

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