city of Santa Cruz
Encampment Assessment Team
With the complete closure of the San Lorenzo Park (including the benchlands mega slum), the City is aware that hundreds of transients have moved to other unsheltered locations.The Encampment Assessment Team is a multi-departmental effort to mitigate negative impacts from entrenched slums through continued outreach and encampment abatement.
Report a concern: District 1
“For 2.mos. it keeps growing. That motor hasn't moved for over a week. They hide their garbage under or on the side of their junk vehicles. The problem is officials don't care but I bet if these druggie scum bags were what you see everyday, something would be done. We lost the beauty of our Santa Cruz. Thank God I lived here when our representatives cared. This will only continue to grow.So sad.I wanted to park and enjoy the full B-40 creek today but didn't feel safe because of these scumbags.. “
“Wed.3-15-23. Not Friday. Problem with my home town is Elected Officials don't care about the filth from these people. I couldn't even pull over and enjoy all the water in B-40 creek because I feel threatened by them. I guess we need to figure something else. I give up. I'm so saddened that my town sucks now. I tried.”