Since the crackdown started at the beginning of the month, advocates say they're seeing police being more involved in encampment operations, with more citations and arrests as a result.
The goal is not punishment, it is compliance, according to the mayor's office.
What we're seeing is that they're doing that and a whole lot more, said Jennifer Friedenbach, executive director of the coalition, which initiated an ongoing lawsuit against the city over its approach to encampment sweeps.
We're seeing a massive amount of property confiscation ... we're seeing people go backwards in terms of their ability to get into housing because they're losing all their paperwork.
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