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Residents press Salinas council on homelessness and hazardous conditions in Gavilan Creek; calls for shelter and creek cleanup
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged immediate action on homelessness and watershed sanitation, citing human waste and a recent death on the tracks; property owners and advocates called for shelters, temporary facilities and coordinated outreach.
Several residents used the Salinas City Council public-comment period on Oct. 28 to press the city for faster action on homelessness and to demand cleanup of Gavilan Creek.
Yolanda, a resident who identified herself as living across from Gavilan Creek, described hazardous conditions in the waterway including human waste and alleged that people are living in and around the creek. "There was a toilet there," she told the council, and she…
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