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These community groups condemn Bellingham homeless camp removal, demand no more sweeps
The Bellingham Herald
2/5/2021
Denver Pratt, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.)
Feb. 5 More than a dozen local community organizations have come together to condemn the way the city of Bellingham handled the removal of a downtown homeless tent encampment late last week.
The group has also asked that the city create a permanent policy banning homeless encampment clean-ups and offer residents of the previous downtown camp services and options for temporary and permanent housing.
The city on Feb. 2 posted a deadline of 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 5, for people to remove themselves and their belongings from a new homeless encampment in the lower parking lot of Frank Geri Softball Fields off of Puget Street. The city s legal notice said As of the date below this property will be subject to clean up efforts by the city. Remaining on this property could s ....

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