Just one day after the City of Seattle swept a homeless encampment in West Seattle’s Rotary Viewpoint Park, more than a dozen homeless people returned.
At least two tents have been set up beneath the totem pole in the center of the park, which is next to the West Seattle Golf Course, with many individuals abusing substances out in the open. Personal belongings are now piled on the sidewalk, and neighbors are frustrated with how little has changed.
“We wanted homelessness to be solved, so we have thrown tax dollars at it, and nothing substantial has come out of it,” neighbor Iris Hicks said. “We need meaningful action to happen for these folks.”…