When there is a clean-up, what level of outreach will be conducted and what services offered?

In many cases, outreach occurs before notice of an impending cleanup and after cleanups. Outreach always happens after a cleanup notice has been posted and during the cleanup. The City works with community organizations and other providers to help identify and implement individual solutions that break down barriers preventing unsheltered people from moving indoors. These organizations are helping people with everything from getting legal IDs to finding shelter, from mental health and substance issue services to referrals to affordable housing programs. 

The Policy for Unauthorized Encampments on City Property, requires outreach providers to inform individuals in the encampment of alternative shelter options prior to encampment removal. Those options include housing programs, shelter programs with or without day programs, and “no-barrier” authorized shelter programs.

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1. What are the rules for conducting a clean-up and what do they entail?
2. When there is a clean-up, what level of outreach will be conducted and what services offered?
3. What notice will be required before a scheduled encampment cleanup?
4. How and where will the City store personal belongings during the cleanup?
5. What are obstructions or immediate hazard encampments and how is their removal different than other encampments?
6. What are key points of the Policy regarding Unauthorized Encampments on City Property?
7. Does the Policy for Unauthorized Encampments on City Property require acceptance of alternative shelter before an encampment can be removed?