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Thousands of pounds of human waste, close to 14,000 hypodermic needles cleaned out (Santa Ana River)
Orange County Register ^ | 3/8/18 | Theresa Walker

Posted on 03/10/2018 8:05:32 AM PST by jeannineinsd

Thousands of pounds of human waste, close to 14,000 hypodermic needles cleaned out from Santa Ana River homeless encampments

Orange County Public Works released eye-popping figures Thursday, March 8, on the total amount of debris, needles and hazardous waste removed when crews cleaned up the area along the Santa Ana River Trail once populated by the encampments of homeless people.

Here’s what was collected between Jan. 22 and March 3 from a more than two-mile stretch of bike trail roughly from I-5 in Orange to Ball Road in Anaheim, according to OC Public Works spokesman Shannon Widor:

404 tons of debris

13,950 needles (approximate number based on what disposal containers hold)

5,279 pounds of hazardous waste (human waste, propane, pesticides and other materials)

Before and after photographs published by the Register last week show stark differences at different spots along the trail, as does a video the county posted Feb. 28 on YouTube.

More than 700 people were living in the encampments when they were dismantled in late February. Most of those people are being housed temporarily in local motels while county outreach workers assess their need for services and housing.

The bike trail cleanup is the beginning of an environmental remediation effort that was expected to include the removal of 2 to 3 inches of soil in the project area and tree trimming. Planned improvements on the bike trail from Katella to Ball Road/Taft Avenue also could include sealing cracks and applying a slurry seal, Widor said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: homeless; orangecounty; publichealth; santaanariver
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1 posted on 03/10/2018 8:05:32 AM PST by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd

Illegals held in detention facilities/jails should be put on chain gang type programs and made to clean it up.


2 posted on 03/10/2018 8:07:45 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Obviously, they should stop feeding the homeless so much. And where does the money for all those drugs come from…the Free Feel Good Drug Fund?


3 posted on 03/10/2018 8:10:17 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: laplata

This is all okay!! It’s what they want there! Just look at how they vote....


4 posted on 03/10/2018 8:10:17 AM PST by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett

I see your point.

This is one example of why Calif. has the lowest quality of life of all states.


5 posted on 03/10/2018 8:13:13 AM PST by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: txrefugee

And where does the money for all those drugs come from…the Free Feel Good Drug Fund?


Likely some/most of it comes from you and I, via their EBT cards.

Will trade EBT $$ for drugs!


6 posted on 03/10/2018 8:14:32 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Soylent comes in only one color-Green!


7 posted on 03/10/2018 8:15:17 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: jeannineinsd

We moved out of OC over twenty years ago when our emplyment left and so glad we did. Don’t even much like visiting there any more. So crowded, expensive, and gang graffiti everywhere.


8 posted on 03/10/2018 8:17:05 AM PST by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Someone could make a great graphic, based on that.

Show side by side pics of this Santa Ana River crap and SanFranFreako crap...with the caption....This is the lifestyle we vote for! Visit CA.

Sago (or whatever that great artist’s name is) could do wonders with this.


9 posted on 03/10/2018 8:17:11 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Menehune56

Sounds like you got out of CA just in time.

What part of TX did you move to?

I pray you didn’t bring any libs with you :-)


10 posted on 03/10/2018 8:18:46 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: jeannineinsd

They need rounded up and put in STALAGS.


11 posted on 03/10/2018 8:24:05 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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This needle thing is a problem. Imagine you have a curious little guy who likes to pick up stuff he finds on the ground. You are at the park one day and he's waving the needle he's found in the slide. A horror unimagineable.

Hep C can live on a surface for three weeks. HIV can survive in syringes for about three weeks, Hep C in a syringe for 2 months.

12 posted on 03/10/2018 8:24:12 AM PST by riri
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To: jeannineinsd

Whose job it is in Orange County to weigh the feces of the homeless?


13 posted on 03/10/2018 8:25:05 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: laplata
I say hook em up to a contraption like this to provide electricity to the collective grid.
14 posted on 03/10/2018 8:25:44 AM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: jeannineinsd

the homeless will just trash the motels and them move on to the next area they will trash, and the cycle will just continue unto the homeless themselves are either deported or committed to mental facilities.


15 posted on 03/10/2018 8:26:49 AM PST by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: Jane Long

Show side by side pics of this Santa Ana River crap and SanFranFreako crap...with the caption....This is the lifestyle we vote for! Visit CA.


Great idea for the Cox for Gov campaign. If you didn’t vote for this lifestyle, vote for the R.


16 posted on 03/10/2018 8:27:01 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: jeannineinsd

Uh oh! Liberals aren’t going to be happy.


17 posted on 03/10/2018 8:27:35 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: txrefugee

A lot of the homeless receive checks from the counties. It’s a form of welfare. I forget what their called but when I worked for our welfare department I processed their food stamp apps and saw it listed as income. Back then they had to pick up their indigent checks and food stamps at a local post office. Now it’s just all reloaded onto an ebt card.


18 posted on 03/10/2018 8:28:03 AM PST by sheana
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To: laplata

I would add that the city leaders who want to flout the law and give aid and comfort to the Illegal Invaders also be pressed into service with the clean up. After all, the mess belongs to them.


19 posted on 03/10/2018 8:29:52 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: riri

I have that little guy and have to watch his every move. I’m always on high alert when we visit parks, beaches etc..you never know these days!
Speaking of beaches, disgusting how many needles and other paraphernalia volunteers picked up during a recent beach cleanup. Homeless aren’t supposed to sleep, camp at the beach but you see them all the time.


20 posted on 03/10/2018 8:36:10 AM PST by rainee (Her)
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