Health-and-Safety Concerns Spur Eviction of Homeless People Living in Isla Vista Park
Officials work to find alternate shelter for individuals who have bedded down in Anisq’Oyo’ Park in downtown business district
A homeless encampment in Isla Vista’s Anisq’Oyo’ Park was cleared out on Monday by officials who cited numerous health-and-safety concerns. Efforts were being made to find alternate shelter for those living in the park. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
By Brooke Holland and Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writers | @NoozhawkNews
December 21, 2020
| 10:54 p.m.
For the past nine months or so, Santa Barbara County native Christine Mercado has been living at Isla Vista’s Anisq’Oyo’ Park.