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Public comment floods board with calls for moratorium on encampment sweeps; supervisors hear requests for oversight
Summary
Score of public speakers urged the Board to impose a moratorium on recent encampment sweeps, criticized conditions in shelters and urged alternatives such as vouchers, safe‑sleep sites and storage. Several supervisors signaled concern and requested hearings and inquiries on related enforcement actions.
Dozens of public commenters at the May 8 meeting focused on the city’s recent encampment removals, urging the Board of Supervisors to halt sweeps that, witnesses said, have occurred without adequate relocation, shelter or storage for belongings.
Speakers included homeless advocates, neighborhood service providers and individuals with lived experience who described tents being cleared with only minutes’ notice, reports of property or medical items lost or thrown away, and instances of violence connected to displacement.…
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