And so the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors ordered the camp closed by the end of January. As recently as the mid-2000s, law enforcement used citations and arrests to break up encampments and seize homeless people’s property. It’s an idea that, on the street level, could involve using law enforcement to help identify and detain homeless people to be conserved. (Anita Chabria / Los Angeles Times) 2 / 4 Sandra Austin, 62, lived on the Joe Rodata Trail in Santa Rosa for months. Travers said he has come to believe that law enforcement is the most effective when it uses toughness as well as encouragement.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2020 13:02 UTC