Sacramento Clears Self-Governed Homeless Camp, Ending a Pilot Program Once Seen as a Model

Published on August 28, 2024

A pilot program to test out a self-governed and city-sanctioned homeless encampment as a steppingstone to permanent housing has ended in Sacramento, with the city ordering it cleared this week. The so-called Camp Resolution had an estimated 48 occupants living in trailers before it was cleared Aug. 26, according to estimates from camp organizers. The city leased the land to the nonprofit Safe Ground Sacramento in March 2023 under an agreement that automatically renewed every 120 days. The nonprofit didn’t renew the lease earlier this month. The city first received permission for homeless people to live at the former dumpsite and vehicle maintenance yard in 2022 from the California Water Quality Control Board, which had restricted the land from residential use because of cancer-causing chemicals beneath the surface....

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