Almost any place where there is vacant space people who don’t have a place to live may set up a camp. Pima County spends hundreds of thousands of dollars cleaning up what’s left behind in those encampments; but the amount they’re spending is actually declining. The question is does that mean homelessness is declining too?
Many homeless camps are in the City of Tucson but Pima County has plenty of vacant space where people might live, then leave trash and debris behind.
In Pima County government seven different agencies like Parks and Flood Control may end paying to clean up…