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.
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I LOVE Ft Worth!!
We have friends who used to live there (they moved to a ranch, west of FW) and we loved visiting them. The area around the University is really nice....nice homes, restaurants, etc.
The downtown area is also nice.
You do your part to make sure lib Dallas doesn’t infiltrate!! (I know wicked Windy Davis is from FW, but I hope the conservatives outnumber her :)
Of course discriminating against all these poor homeless diabetics you know by pointing this out /S
“Illegals held in detention facilities/jails should be put on chain gang type programs and made to clean it up.”
No. The bums who created the mess should have been made to clean it up.
I wonder how they collected the propane? How did they weigh it?
Some “Social Worker” got ahold of my Elderly Father and signed him up for Food Stamps.
I was visiting him and saw a Letter from the County letting him know that he qualified for Food tamp Assistance, $15 a Month. Yes, $15 a Month.
He had no idea he had been signed up for it.
I must have sent in a half dozen Forms trying to cancel it. What a waste of time and Government inefficiency.
“How did they separate out and weigh the poop?”
Tare weight.
“Good idea. Send that Oakland mayor out to clean up, too.”
She’s human waste herself.
Wow! The war on poverty and increasing the minimum wage has solved poverty in America. California is so lucky to have liberals looking out for them.
I got typhoid watching that.
She’s human waste herself.
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She certainly is. She and Kamila Harris are birds of a feather. Communists, all. I can’t think of any Dem who is a decent human being.
Damned right! When the job is completed, toss her worthless arse into jail. Preferably, the general population.
Drug use is a personal choice. Not a disease.
Yep.
Reason 309 why I’m glad I don’t live in CA. And feel very sorry for FReepers and other Conservatives who do.
Shame on those city officials who allowed this to get out of hand to start with. Same with the criminal alien invasion.
It’s one of those shithole counties.
“How did they separate out and weigh the poop?”
Mike Rowe did it.
Perhaps you are speaking of AFDC (Aid For Dependent Children)? Now it’s called TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) and it’s paid in cash.
Damn gvt handouts drive me crazy. That’s MY MONEY they’re giving these layabouts.
The primary upside to living in California (other than being near family since this is where I was raised) is knowing that my small 3-bedroom house can sell for over $700K when I move out of state.
A couple of years ago I was considering getting an electric bicycle and using the Santa Ana river trail for my commute since it cuts a nice angle between home and work, but when I saw the homeless problem I shut that idea down immediately.
They mixed the photos up.
This was any democrat party convention.
No this is a different one. I worked for the welfare department and know what TAND is. Sheesh! This is for what they term indigent adults. I just can’t remember the proper name for it.
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