Nearly 100 evicted from Sacramento homeless encampment
Demonstrators clash with law enforcement
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Updated: 11:39 PM PDT May 1, 2019
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>> I AM STAYING RIGHT HERE. I AM NOT GOING AWAY. EMILY: SHE SITS UNDER AN UMBRELLA. SHE SAYS SHE WAS ROUGHED UP WHILE BEING EVICTED FROM THE HOMELESS CAMP WHERE SHE HAS LIVED FOR YEARS. SHE WAS ONE OF THE NEARLY 100 PEOPLE TOLD TO PACK UP AND LEAVE. >> WE DID NOT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE THERE UNTIL WE WOKE UP AND STOPPING SLIPS. EMILY: DEPUTIES LEFT NOTICES DAYS AGO. CONSTRUCTION CREWS AND DUMP TRUCKS PICKED UP TENTS, TOPS, AND TRASH. >> THIS WAS NO SURPRISE TO THEM. THIS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD BE COMING BACK IN 72 HOURS. EMILY: DEMONSTRATORS AND HOMELESS ADVOCATES FACED OFF WITH DEPUTIES. >> WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AND FIGHTING AND BUTTING HEADS AND THERE IS NO -- EMILY: THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS TO DEMONSTRATORS WERE TAKEN -- TWO DEMONSTRATORS WERE TAKING IN -- TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. >> I AM HOMELESS. MY STUFF COMES OUT OF A DUMPSTER. THEY ARE STILL MY THINGS, YOU KNOW? EMILY: BRIAN NOBLE SAYS IT HAS BEEN HARD WATCHING OTHERS GET ADDICTED. HE KNOWS WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE HOMELESS. HE SPENT YEARS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER. HE HOPES OTHERS CAN GET THE HELP THEY NEED.
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Nearly 100 evicted from Sacramento homeless encampment
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office evicted nearly 100 people from a homeless encampment on Stockton Boulevard.Officers arrived at the encampment about 8 a.m. Wednesday and started meeting individually with those living there and told them they needed to pack up and leave.“I’m staying right here,” said Betty Riaos, who was evicted from the camp. “I’m not going anywhere.”Riaos sat in a chair on the sidewalk along Stockton Boulevard, surrounded by her possessions.“It was hectic,” she said about the eviction. “Really hectic.”Riaos is one of the nearly 100 people told to pack up and leave.“We didn’t even know they were there until we woke up and saw these pink slips,” she said. As of late Wednesday morning, the Sheriff's Office had not forcibly removed anyone or any possessions from the area. By the evening, many of the people were out of the area. Several people moved to the nearby sidewalk.Several homeless advocates were at the camp to protest the eviction. Advocates waved signs that read "No Evictions" and shouted "Who do you serve? Who do you protect?" at law enforcement. Officers then formed a line between the protesters and the homeless camp. “We’ve been fighting and fighting and butting heads,” said Crystal Sanchez, a homeless advocate. “There aren’t resources, at the end of the day.”In the 9 a.m. hour, the Sheriff's Office started making announcements that the protest was an "unlawful assembly." They asked protesters to disperse or face being taken into custody.“This was no surprise to them,” Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Tess Deterding said. “This was posted on the property that we would be coming back in 72 hours.”The Sheriff's Office said three people were detained -- two protesters were cited and released and one man living in the encampment was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail. Officials said he was cited for obstruction and was found to be violating his parole.Stockton Boulevard was shut down in both directions from Fruitridge Road to Lemon Hill Avenue. Traffic was re-routed through the parking lot of a local strip mall. The road reopened just after 5 p.m. The Sheriff's Office said deputies spent hours outside the camp as crews cleared trash and debris.The encampment just north of Fruitridge Road has been there for months. Since January, Sacramento County has been offering housing vouchers and pet services to help people to leave. But now, time has run out amid growing pressure for the squatters to move.Nearby residents have also alerted authorities about the endless piles of filth, trash and dangerous items that they see as a threat to public safety.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office evicted nearly 100 people from a homeless encampment on Stockton Boulevard.
Officers arrived at the encampment about 8 a.m. Wednesday and started meeting individually with those living there and told them they needed to pack up and leave.
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“I’m staying right here,” said Betty Riaos, who was evicted from the camp. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Riaos sat in a chair on the sidewalk along Stockton Boulevard, surrounded by her possessions.
“It was hectic,” she said about the eviction. “Really hectic.”
Riaos is one of the nearly 100 people told to pack up and leave.
“We didn’t even know they were there until we woke up and saw these pink slips,” she said.
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As of late Wednesday morning, the Sheriff's Office had not forcibly removed anyone or any possessions from the area. By the evening, many of the people were out of the area. Several people moved to the nearby sidewalk.
Several homeless advocates were at the camp to protest the eviction. Advocates waved signs that read "No Evictions" and shouted "Who do you serve? Who do you protect?" at law enforcement. Officers then formed a line between the protesters and the homeless camp.
“We’ve been fighting and fighting and butting heads,” said Crystal Sanchez, a homeless advocate. “There aren’t resources, at the end of the day.”
In the 9 a.m. hour, the Sheriff's Office started making announcements that the protest was an "unlawful assembly." They asked protesters to disperse or face being taken into custody.
“This was no surprise to them,” Sacramento County sheriff's Sgt. Tess Deterding said. “This was posted on the property that we would be coming back in 72 hours.”
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The Sheriff's Office said three people were detained -- two protesters were cited and released and one man living in the encampment was arrested and booked into Sacramento County Jail. Officials said he was cited for obstruction and was found to be violating his parole.
Stockton Boulevard was shut down in both directions from Fruitridge Road to Lemon Hill Avenue. Traffic was re-routed through the parking lot of a local strip mall. The road reopened just after 5 p.m.
The Sheriff's Office said deputies spent hours outside the camp as crews cleared trash and debris.
The encampment just north of Fruitridge Road has been there for months. Since January, Sacramento County has been offering housing vouchers and pet services to help people to leave. But now, time has run out amid growing pressure for the squatters to move.
Nearby residents have also alerted authorities about the endless piles of filth, trash and dangerous items that they see as a threat to public safety.
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