Mayor Todd Gloria Monday announced the city's Environmental Services Department will conduct a cleanup operation on a homeless encampment along Sports Arena Boulevard to "protect public health and safety for both the residents of the encampment and the surrounding community."
The announcement came after what Gloria described as a "concentrated" effort to connect the people camping along the road to shelter and social services. Advance notice of the cleanup was posted along Sports Arena Boulevard on Friday.
"The situation on Sports Arena Boulevard in the Midway community is wholly unacceptable," Gloria said. "The potential for an outbreak of disease and the threat to public safety compels us to act now.
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