Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ordered Phoenix to remove tents “as soon as is practicable.”
Keep Safe Storage on the Human Services Campus in Phoenix uses donated new trash bins to serve as storage containers for the homeless.A judge on Monday ordered Phoenix to remove tents on public property in the city’s largest homeless encampment.
“The City of Phoenix shall maintain its public property in the Zone in a condition free of tents and other makeshift structures in the public rights of way; biohazardous materials including human feces and urine, drug paraphernalia, and other trash; and individuals committing offenses against the public order,” the court order states.
Roughly 800 to 1,000 people are living in the encampment at any given time, according to a city police officer who testified at a November hearing in the case. More recent counts, in January and February, totaled a population of about 700, according to City Council records.In the ruling, Blaney condemned the city for how it has handled the Zone's growing population, including not adequately enforcing laws in the area.
The residents and business owners suing the city"are not required to establish that each person in the Zone is service resistant or voluntarily homeless before the City must act," the ruling states.
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