Santa Ana Ramps Up Crackdowns on Homeless Encampments, Clears Railroad

Santa Ana police officers are clearing out homeless encampments throughout the Union Pacific Railroad multiple days a week as they ramp up cleanup efforts along the privately owned tracks.

It comes as cities across Orange County like Anaheim and Newport Beach bolster anti-camping laws and enforcement following a Supreme Court ruling this year that clears the way for cities to crack down on encampments more freely.

City Manager Alvaro Nuñez said at Tuesday’s city council meeting that since last month police officers have been going multiple times a week for the last month to help cleanup the railroad and are taking a zero tolerance approach to the homeless people out by the tracks.

He said the goal in sending out police enforcement was to keep the railroad clean and address any trespassing issues.

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