I’ve been told that encampment sweeps have gotten better. That the HOT Team is now in charge instead of RPD. That outreach happens before sweeps. That coordination between outreach workers and the HOT Team makes the process more compassionate. These are lies. First, the Mayor still refuses to acknowledge that sweeps happen at all. This
If the City is serious about compassion, dignity, and community wellbeing, it must stop encampment sweeps and focus on safe, voluntary alternatives and place-housing first public health strategies at the center of its response.