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Residents urge council to halt encampment sweeps and reduce policing in plaza; callers describe enforcement and displacement concerns
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the council not to sweep a longtime encampment and expressed concerns about increased policing in the plaza and unequal enforcement. No council directive or sweep authorization was made at the meeting.
Several speakers used the public comment period to press the council on homelessness policy and police enforcement in Arcata. Residents urged the city to refrain from imminent sweeps of a long‑standing encampment, to provide housing alternatives and to end what they described as discriminatory enforcement by Arcata Police Department officers.
Speakers said a notice demanding immediate removal had been issued to people living on a private parcel and asked the city to give…
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