In the end, it’s mother nature that closed the unsanctioned ross camp behind the Gateway Plaza shopping center in santa cruz.
According to the city’s fire chief, dry summer weather without rain will heighten the fire danger at the camp and therefore the judge said quote: “i think this is a huge catastrophe waiting to happen” and he ordered the camp closed tomorrow by 4-pm.
If estimated 150 to 200 campers don’t voluntarily remove their belongings, a transition and clean-up crew will clean and remove them.
Campers will be relocated to “the benchlands” in San Lorenzo Park where they’ll be offered new tents, sleeping mats and sanitary facilities. There’s enough room there for 220 campsites.
