Homeless Encampment Cleanup

The Dorsey Drive homeless encampment cleanup today brought many to help move tons of rubbish from the area where the future Dorsey Marketplace development is slated. Representatives from the City of Grass Valley, Grass Valley Police Department, Nevada County Behavioral Health, Hospitality House, Spirit Peer Empowerment Center, Grass Valley/Nevada City Fire Department and others helped today. | The Union

I spent the day inside the largest homeless encampment in Washington State—right here in Olympia, the city with the highest per-capita homelessness rate in the entire state. The scale of this place is staggering, It’s easily the second-largest encampment I’ve seen anywhere in the country. I often focus on Oregon’s radical policies, but Washington is every bit as dysfunctional. A woman living in the camp told me, without hesitation, that people here are absolutely being enabled. She’s dying from