As Tacoma preps to clear 2 homeless camps, residents said they weren't given proper notice
Crews from the city of Tacoma are set to clear two homeless camps Tuesday but the people living there say the assistance being offered by the city is no help at all.
One of the encampments is along Milwaukee Way, and portions have already been swept but there is still a group of people living in vehicles just outside the gates to the Port of Tacoma.
“They showed up here on the 8th, gave us a notice and said, ‘Y'all have to be out of here by the 12th,’" said David Koch, who has been staying at the site for about a year, adding that other encampments were alerted weeks before they were told tol leave and city officials aren't giving them the same opportunity. “We have the rest of tonight to get our stuff out of here or lose it."
A few miles away under the Murray Morgan Bridge, Nicole Redelk was also gathering her things. She lives in a trailer and said the city wants her to move but has nowhere for her to go.
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