VOLUNTEERS FROM TAKE BACK SANTA CRUZ , SOQUEL NEIGHBORS ALLIANCE AND SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS, GOT TOGETHER TO CLEAN UP A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN A LOCAL PARK. SIX HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS HAD RECENTLY APPEARED IN ANNA JEAN CUMMINGS PARK, LOCATED IN THE HILLS ABOVE SOQUEL. THE CAMPERS WERE GIVEN 10 DAYS BY THE SANTA CRUZ SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT TO VACATE THE AREA BEFORE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT DID AN INITIAL CLEANUP. THE VOLUNTEERS THEN CAME IN SATURDAY MORNING TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS LEFT BEHIND AND RESTORE THE AREA TO ITS RUSTIC CONDITION.
