For Star subscribers: Tucson's new system for evaluating and cleaning out homeless camps struck a friction point that has candidates for mayor questioning if it's the right approach.
In late June, city officials pointed to the camp at the Alamo Wash and East Speedway as a place where its homeless protocol was working.
People are also reading… “It was a constant battle of us telling them, ‘You guys can’t be there, you’re jeopardizing the camp,’ and them telling us ‘You don’t own the wash.’ “ Neighbors don’t agree on when camps should be removed and whether they can ever be left alone and monitored. The residents near the Alamo Wash have been experiencing this for years.
If she were to become mayor, she said, “We’re not going to let you build encampments, and we’re not going to let you sleep in our parks.” In an interview Friday, Mayor Regina Romero, a Democrat, said it was a panel of experts that came up with the homeless protocol. Any system of response requires prioritization, she noted.
They tried to help the homeless people there keep out of trouble by focusing on the “big five” issues: clutter, trash generation, sanitary waste disposal, noise and open burning. They built relationships with homeowners along the wash who could alert them to trouble or offer a hose to those needing water.
The apparently systematic protocol still sometimes devolves into “whack-a-mole” responses to the loudest complaints, he alleged.
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