Sacramento wants to move a group of homeless residents to a new riverfront camp. Some worry it will flood.
The city-sanctioned Safe Ground camp would be the first in Sacramento to open on private property. It would close after three months.
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The city-sanctioned Safe Ground camp would be the first in Sacramento to open on private property. It would close after three months.
Sacramento is working on developing another so-called Safe Ground camping area, designed specifically for seniors experiencing homelessness.
The sanctioned tent encampment for roughly 60 homeless seniors will have bathrooms, showers, security, food, water and potentially dental services. The goal is to find permanent housing for the residents before 90 days.
Home. then i have a very -- a nagging niece who insisted that i get out. so i had to make sure and leave so that i could be on safe grounds. i'm glad i did because the effects that we're seeing right now, especially when we got word back from what the storm has done to our neighboring islands in abaco and the traumatic experience that people experienced there and even some cases we have some loss of life. you know, it's really heartbreaking, i feel it, we feel it. my government feels it. our country feels it. our prime minister spoke about it. >> reporter: yeah. again, we've learned a lot from...
Pictures from i-37, for instance. people trying to get away today. what's your assessment? >> i drove down from austin this morning and i can tell you my side of the freeway was very nice. it was empty. >> you were going in the wrong direction. >> well, i was going the wrong direction. on the northbound side on i-37 there was a steady flow of cars. it wasn't chaotic or crazy. people were driving normal. i noticed three or four texas troopers there to manage the flow of people. interestingly i noted a lot of ambulances heading north in a single-file line. presumably taking critical care patient...