Major Homeless Encampment Sweep Under Way Near Pajaro River Levee
The homeless sweep aims to protect levee safety ahead of rainy season, but officials acknowledge shelter shortages for 140 displaced individuals, with efforts lasting up to six weeks.
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PÁJARO, Calif. (KMUV-TV) -- In Pájaro, the effort to rebuild the levee system is still underway, and Monday morning several agencies gathered along Pajaro Lake looking to move homeless people away. Something the flood prevention agency says has been difficult because many homeless people are not accepting the resources offered. In the coming weeks, there will be a necessary effort to repair the levee along the river. “When there are dugouts crea…
Levee eviction & cleanout begins, setting stage for construction, restoration
On Monday, 27-year-old Brenda Duarte was standing alongside a pile of her belongings in between the train tracks and the Pajaro River Levee, wondering where she was going to sleep that night after a planned levee eviction uprooted her. Surrounding her were scores of recently abandoned campsites that had peppered the levee, including tents, lean-tos, shanties and even a small platform containing a tent perched precariously in the branches of a t…
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