How much is city spending on homeless clean up?

How much is city spending on homeless clean up?

AUSTIN (KXAN) — How much is the city spending overall on homeless camp cleanups each year? It turns out that the answer is more difficult to find without a lot of digging. In 2021, Austin voters reinstated a camping ban that required the enforcement of anyone camping in public spaces. Since then, the city has spent millions of dollars and cleaned up millions of pounds of trash. KXAN has covered cleanups since the ban went into effect, often revi…