SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With Camp Resolution now shut down, dozens of homeless people have resorted to living on the outskirts of the property where the camp sits.
A lease between a local nonprofit and the city of Sacramento allowed it to operate, but problems with the site and disagreements led to the termination of the lease this summer.
On Monday morning, about 50 people who lived at the encampment at Colfax Street and the Arden-Garden Connector were forced out as city officials shut it down.
The people who lived at the camp said they're left in limbo, living on the streets as they try to find a place to stay.
The gated lot now sits empty with a few items left behind by the homeless people who lived there.
"They destroyed my bike trailer, they destroyed another bike I had, they destroyed everything I had... my trailer and everything that I bought and I worked for," said Chasity May, who lived at Camp Resolution from the beginning.
May said Sacramento Police Department escorted her off the campgrounds and told her she couldn't leave the area with her belongings. She left with what she could.
The grandmother and a few others said they have nowhere else to go. They moved their things a few feet from the entrance of the city site and set up camp.
On Tuesday morning, others with the same idea had set up their tents behind the property. Paris Brazil said even after moving off the property on Monday, they still fear the items they left with will also be thrown away.
"I pushed my truck out, it was off the street. Where it wasn't in a 'No Parking' sign and I asked the officer if my truck would be alright right there for 72 hours, and when I walked around the bike trail trying to collect some of my stuff and I came back, my truck was gone," Brazil said.
Brazil said the things inside are irreplaceable and he has no idea where to find his truck.
"I had all of my personal belongings inside of the truck, jewelry, pictures of my mother that passed away...," said Brazil.
They said no one has given them answers or explained why their items were being destroyed.
Brazil said he has questions surrounding the camp's closure and feels they were lied to. His greatest fear now is having to end up in a worse position than he was already in.
"They told me every time they come out wherever they see us at, we got to keep moving. They're going to keep doing this cause it's illegal to be homeless. So, I asked them what is it doing to arrest people and send them to jail because we're homeless. We already don't have anything," Brazil said.
ABC10 reached out to the Sacramento Homeless Union President with concerns but the inquiry was not immediately returned.
A city spokesperson said city contractors collected more than 76,000 pounds of items from the site and the cleanup is still ongoing. As far as the cost goes, the city is still tracking expenses and evaluating next steps.
Registered owners of trailers and cars that were on the site will need to coordinate with Sacramento Police Department and the tow companies to recover their vehicles.
They said the site remains closed to the public and the city will monitor it, address any damage that has been done and enforce any applicable laws and ordinances.
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