PHOENIX (AZFamily) — As temperatures climb in Phoenix, attention is turning to the city’s unhoused residents, especially those living in “The Zone,” an area of downtown where thousands of people have lived on the streets.
Some businesses say encampments are returning and the city’s work only goes so far.
Joel Coplin’s studio sits in the middle of The Zone, a part of Phoenix lined with homeless encampments. Three years ago, he said, the area was cleared after the city lost the lawsuit filed by business owners and was required to move people out and clean it up…