Homeless outreach coordinators successfully housed all Bravo Base occupants who wanted housing after the city closed the longtime homeless camp near Santa Rita Park.Β
City spokesperson Lane Mandle said the last person, who had special requirements due to medical needs, was housed Monday.Β
Mandle didn't know if anyone who had been living at the homeless camp opted not to go into temporary housing.Β Β
Terry Galligan, a spokesperson with Old Pueblo Community Services, said their organization, along with others, put 33 people from Bravo Base into mostly temporary housing.Β
.@cityoftucson workers from Environmental Services and Code Enforcement continue their clean up of #campbravo near Santa Rita Park. pic.twitter.com/snQohZw6Y0
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The city was at the site,Β near East 22nd Street and South Fourth Avenue, cleaning up, which includes taking down abandoned tents, disposing belongings and removing piles of tires that had been set up as a make-shift perimeter fence.
Mandle says the cleanup is progressing and should be done by the end of the day Tuesday.
City officials from the environmental services department clean up the former homeless camp called Bravo Base near East 22nd Street and South Fourth Avenue, just north of Santa Rita Park on November 20, 2018.Β
City officials plan to shut down Bravo Base, aka Camp Conklin, which is located north of Santa Rita Park south of downtown Tucson.
