For the second time this summer, Anchorage officials are clearing out a big swath of public land where a lot of people without homes are camping.
Rob Cupples runs an excavator at a house he’s renovating for his vacation rental business on Anchorage’s Third Avenue on June 27, 2023. He said he’s trying to install fencing to protect his property ahead of a third wave of people settling in the vacant lot that’s become an unofficial campground for homeless people. , Anchorage officials are clearing out a big swath of public land where a lot of people without homes are camping.
This time, the city is clearing the Mountain View snow dump and Davis Park. It posted the notices on June 22. Crude shelters made of tarps and tents and scavenged materials are among the trees, surrounded by bike parts, wet clothes and blankets, tote bins, shopping carts and piles of garbage. The people living here are supposed to clear out next week.
“The terms of the lease are, we keep it free of trash and camps,” said Mike Braniff, head of the city’s Parks and Recreation Department. “And then we learned about a week ago, 10 days ago, maybe, that people have been coming and going onto the fenced active portion of the military base,” he said on Tuesday. “And they expect us to take action.”
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