Sacramento Won’t Boot Homeless People From Camp, Mayor Says

Sacramento city officials won’t evict homeless people at Camp Resolution, a self-governed and city-sanctioned encampment, but instead will help occupants of 2225 Colfax Street—formerly a dumpsite—move into permanent housing, they said in a recent letter.

The city leased the land to nonprofit and homeless services provider Safe Ground Sacramento in March 2023 under an agreement that automatically renews every 120 days, but recently warned the nonprofit that the lease will end by June and asked that occupants be gone by May 16.

Residents of the encampment spoke during a recent City Council meeting asking officials to reverse their decision and keep the site, which has been used to shelter homeless people since 2022.

“We’re somebody. ... I mean, we don’t cost you guys nothing. We get our own food, people come in here and give us food, we get our own clothes,” one occupant said during the April 30 meeting.

Mayor Darrell Steinberg vowed not to displace the camp’s occupants.

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