In early April, I wrote about the Mayor’s new tactic on handling homeless encampments. The new rules:
• The city will give 72 hours’ notice to people camping on public property before their tents and other belongings are removed.
• During that period, the city will dispatch outreach workers to connect homeless campers with services.
• The city will store people’s belongings for 60 days instead of immediately throwing them away. Homeless people complained they had lost their tents, personal identification, prescriptions and photos.
• The city added 20 new shelter beds to offer to those who had no where to go.

Photo by Erika Schultz of the Seattle Times.

Over the last two days, Seattle city workers have been clearing out a large encampment that was tucked away in a public greenbelt in Queen Anne. Proper notice was posted for those living in the encampment, the items left behind were bagged and labeled for storage, and the few homeless that remained were offered shelter beds.

It’s a good step for the City to take and I am glad to see that they are (apparently) following through on the new regulations. (Source)