Anaheim Declares Public Health Emergency Related To Homeless Camp

On September 13, 2017 the Anaheim, California City Council declared a health and safety state of emergency related to a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River Trail (SART). The encampment has an estimated population of between 400 and 600 individual campsites. To clear the encampment, the city intends to collaborate with Orange County and neighboring jurisdictions to create new transitional shelter sites to house the encampment residents. A community-wide meeting is scheduled for October 10 to identify possible locations for the shelter sites.

SART is a public-use trail that runs parallel to the Santa Ana River from . . .