SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – San Diego crews are working to clear a massive homeless encampment along the San Diego River.
“We’re out here doing the final part of the encampment resolution closure,” Franklin Coopersmith of the City of San Diego Environmental Services said.
Parts of broken-down tents, trash and much more littered the sandy shore of the riverbed.
“We conduct a census of the riverbed three times a year. And our most recent census was our highest count that we’ve ever seen,” Sarah Huntmacher of the San Diego River Park Foundation said.
The City in the middle of the clearing which started Tuesday as it estimates roughly 10-15 tons of debris have been cleared.
“Where we are actually going through did the abatement process. We provided everyone 24-hour notice,” Coopersmith said. cover vo Franklin – 00;00;52
“As you can see here we got our crane and some other packers and roll-offs get it out of here.”
ABC 10News spoke with people who lived here like Jake Weaver as they left the encampments on Tuesday.