"The City's Incident Management Team responding to homelessness has been deployed in the area nearly every week for the past year, responding to more than 500 calls for service that have resulted in intensive outreach, engagement and enforcement work as well as cleanup activities.
CBS13 took this information and contacted the jurisdictions named by the City of Sacramento. Caltrans confirmed there are no homeless encampments currently on state property and diverted the inquiry to the City of Elk Grove. A spokesperson for the City of Elk Grove told CBS13 that after confirming with code enforcement and police, the encampment was not located in their jurisdiction. CBS13 then contacted Sacramento County and received a statement that services have been provided in the area to the encampment on West Stockton Boulevard. The statement said:
The encampment was determined to be within the City of Sacramento's jurisdiction, even though the location was close to others. This confusion was felt by Danielle Nash, the community manager at The Landing at College Square apartment complex.
Nash explained that for the last two years, she has held two jobs: her day job as a manager at the 270-unit complex and an encampment problem-solver who is forced to respond to theft, property damage, and verbal and physical attacks of the apartment employees.
The encampment on West Stockton Boulevard has been cleared before, Nash said, but it doesn't appear that clearing the area is a real solution as many of the people who live unhoused move to other parts of the area nearby and rebuild the encampment.
Nash gathered the owners of the area together for a town hall, tracking them down to meet and discuss possible solutions for what has become chaos that stems from the homeless encampment. They invited city leaders and residents to share about their real impacts and why action by the City of Sacramento was necessary sooner than later.
Nash said there is another town hall for residents set for the end of the month. She's invited city leaders to attend and speak to residents directly about their concerns.
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