Is It Jail for Service-Resistant Homeless Residents?

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Shy, who lives in a homeless encampment on Alameda Street at San Bruno Avenue, watches as Public Works cleaning crews sort through her belongings. Photo by Laura Waxmann/Mission Local

By Julian Mark, Mission Local

Mission Station will be working with the district attorney on issuing warrants to arrest homeless people who have been repeatedly cited for nuisance activities and who refuse services, said Capt. Gaetano Caltagirone at a community meeting at Mission Station on Tuesday.

He said that while there are fewer tent encampments, there are still individuals who are not accepting services.

“It gets tiresome for the officers who get on scene and they tell the individual to move and they say, ‘No, we’re not moving,’” Caltagirone said.

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