Placerville City Council approved a 90-day special use permit for a homeless encampment, Hangtown Haven, to be located at 1700 Broadway at Tuesday’s meeting.
Wendy Schultz, Mt Democrat, July 13, 2012
The temporary camp is a pilot program to see if it can help alleviate some of the problems associated with the homeless population and the current crop of illegal camps throughout the city. Current city code does not allow camping in the city parks or other public property. According to City Manager Cleve Morris, illegal homeless camps bring a host of potential and actual problems: substance abuse issues, hygiene issues with personal waste, accidental fires from illegal campfires, problems for other users of city parks and danger to the homeless in very cold or hot weather. “With the economic problems, the homeless issue is not getting better,” said Morris, ” It’s getting worse.” ... Some help for the homeless already exists: the
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