The city of Vancouver recently cleared long-standing homeless camps near Andresen Road under an emergency order citing environmental and public health concerns
Homeless camps along the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail near Andresen Road — long a source of concern for nearby residents — have now been cleared following a city-issued emergency order. The City of Vancouver cited public health, safety, and environmental risks as justification for permanently closing the area to camping. With similar actions taking place elsewhere, this week’s poll asks whether cities should have the authority to enact such closures under emergency powers.
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Confirmed: Homeless camps along Burnt Bridge Creek Trail near Andresen Road no longer there
Vancouver has cleared long-standing homeless camps near Andresen Road on the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail after issuing a July 23 deadline; no tents remained as of July 28.
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The way to stop illicit public camping is to stop allowing illicit public camping. All the City is doing is moving the same people around while spending millions of tax dollars to accomplish very little.
There is nothing compassionate about allowing people to squat in their own filth on public property and refuse any offer of assistance to change their own situation.
This not an emergency, it’s a willful lack of enforcement of laws, codes and social order. We’ve all had to live with the consequences for years.