COMING UP NEXT ON H THE REPORTER RYAN HUDSON IS IN THE STUDIO TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON A LONG-STANDING HOMELESSNESS ISSUE THAT HAS PLAGUED EUREKA FOR DECADES.

ALSO A 21-YEAR-OLD PEDESTRIAN AND THEIR DOG WERE KILLED IN A CRASH WHILE TWO OTHERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

COMING UP ON HEADLINE HUMBOLDT.

FROM THE TOP OF THE HUMBOLDT HILL I'M JAMES FAULK THANKS FOR JOINING US.

BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A LONG TIME RESIDENT HOMELESS POPULATION WHO HAS NOWHERE TO GO.

THE FIRST REMOVAL WAS THE POST A POCK LIP PARTICULAR.

ANARCHY FINALLY DECIDED TO ACT REMOVING THE POPULATION OUT OF THEIR IMPROMPTU HOMES AND INTO THE CITY OF THE EUREKA.

AND A MUCH NEEDED ENVIRONMENTAL CLEAN UP.

YET THE REMOVAL CAME ABOUT WITHOUT ANY REAL SOLUTIONS IN PLACE.

IT WAS UNDER ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES LY JUST THE FIRST THAT HAVE RELIEVED ONE CRISIS BUT LEFT ANOTHER SCENARIO UNTOUCHED.

IN THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND THAT ONCE AGAIN BECAME AN IMPROMPTU AND A MAGNET FOR CHAOS.

THE CITY OFFERED SERVICES TO THOSE WHO WERE WILLING CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING THEM.

HISTORY YET REPEATED ITSELF AGAIN.

JUST WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF MYRTLE AND WEST.

RYAN HUDSON WAS ON SCENE WHEN THEY WERE REMOVED.

HI JAMES.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A FACE WITH THE NAME.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG AND HEART WRENCHING STORY.

DESCRIBE HOW YOU FIRST CAME UPON THE SITUATION.

>> YEAH.

WELL THAT DAY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 WAS AS YOU KNOW THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CSET HAD CONVERGED ON THAT AREA TO CLEAR THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT WAS THERE AND INLEST MUCH JOHN SHELTER WITH NEW DIRECTIONS TO CLEAN UP TRASH AND DEBRIS.

I WAS TASKED FOR REPORTING.

THERE'S A LIVESTREAM THERE THAT MADE THE ROUNDS.

SO THAT IS WHERE I SAW THE ENCAMPMENT AND REMAINING TRASH THERE.

THE PICKUP CLEAN UP EFFORTS THERE WERE PROTESTERS.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT PART.

>> YEAH.

WE ACTUALLY HAD A CLIP OF THAT.

IF WE CAN ROLL THAT REAL QUICK.

>> AGAIN WE CAME ON IN ON A WEEKLY BASIS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL AUGUST HEY THIS IS COMING.

HERE'S WHAT I CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH.

NOBODY FOLLOWED UP WITH ANY BETTY.

OR THE MISSION.

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S SAID THAT THEY OFFERED SERVICES TO FOLKS BUT THEY HAD NO ONE TAKE THAT UP ON THAT.

DOES THAT SOUND OKAY TO YOU.

WHAT'S THE ISSUE THERE?

>> THERE WAS ONE PERSON I DID -- I FOLLOWED UP WITH THAT.

I COULDN'T NOBODY HAD TRIED TO ACCESS THESE SERVICES.

WHERE WERE THEY TO GO.

AND THE WHAT WERE THEY TO DO.

ONE PERSON ENDED UP AT THE MISSION.

AT THAT POINT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE OFFICER LaFRANCE.

>> I'M TOLD THERE WERE 60 PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA.

THAT WAS INFORMATION I GOT FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES, PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THAT ZONE WHICH THEY CALLED AFFECTIONATELY THE JUNGLE.

YOU FOCUSED ON TWO PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR OUT OF THE GROUP AND HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THEM.

CRYSTAL.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA FOR 25 YEARS AND HAS BEEN RELOCATED, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE STILL CAMPED OUT.

>> CRYSTAL ENDED UP MOVING FROM THAT LOCATION WHICH SHE CALLS THE JUNGLE BEHIND THE OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY CLINIC.

>> LET'S ROLL THAT CLIP.

>> GOING ON.

>> THEY'RE TAKING MY HOUSE.

THEY'RE DRAINING MY HOME.

THEY'RE DESTROYING YOUR HOME RICO.

SO I TOLD WHAT'S GOING ON EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHOEVER THESE PEOPLE ARE -- >> RICO COME BACK.

>> EXCUSE ME.

>> THAT'S OKAY.

HE'S A BIG GUY.

HE'S LIKE I WANT TO GO BACK IN THERE.

>> JERRY.

BUT THE EUREKA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WHOEVER THESE PEOPLE ARE THEY CAME IN AND THEY TOLD I HAD A WEEK WEEK OR TWO WEEKS TO GET OUR STUFF.

WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.

THEY'VE GIVEN US NOWHERE TO GO.

THE BETTY CHIB AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET IN.

I DID IT A YEAR AGO.

I WAS LET OUT ONE HOUR A DAY.

YOU GOT A BOX WITH A BED ONE LIGHT SWITCH AND A HEATER.

NOWHERE TO PLUG NOTHING IN.

YOU'RE ALLOWED OUT FOR EIGHT WEEKS.

OUT HERE, I'VE HEARD ONE OF THE SECURITY GUARDS OR POLICE OFFICERS I WAS SITTING.

WE SHOULD PUT BEAR TRAPS TO KEEP THE TRAMPS OUT.

>> I CAN I COME TO YOUR HOUSE.

CAN I EAT OFF YOUR PLATE.

CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR BED.

CAN I WEAR YOUR PAJAMAS.

BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THAT.

YOU THOUGHT WE WERE AN EYESORE BACK HERE.

NOW WE'RE OUT IN THE PUBLIC.

BACK HERE WE WERE IN THE WOODS.

THEY'VE TAKEN THE BUSHES AROUND TOWN.

THEY'VE BLOCKED ALL OF THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES.

EVEN THE BUS STOPS HAVE RIDGES WHERE YOU CAN'T SIT DOWN.

WHAT WERE WE SUPPOSED TO DO.

NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE MONEY OR THE MINDSET TO HOLD A 9 TO 5 JOB.

SOME OF CAN'T DOOM.

SOME OF HAVE NEVER DONE THAT.

WE DON'T CAUSE NOBODY NO NOTHING.

YOU KNOW THE COUPLE OF PEOPLE MADE IT REAL BAD.

I KNOW THAT.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE COULDN'T PICK IT UP.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DUMPSTERS.

WE HAD NOWHERE TO PUT ANY OF THE STUFF.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.

>> NOBODY HAS OFFERED TO TAKE THE GARBAGE OUT.

NOT ONCE.

HATCHERS CAME AND SAID WE'LL HELP YOU CLEAN UP.

>> HATCHERS THE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

>> THEIR MORE THAN A NEEDLE EXCHANGE.

THEY DO HATCHERS IS MORE THAN THAN A NEEDLE EXCHANGE.

VERY AWESOME.

>> THERE'S FOR SHARING THAT.

>> ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO.

WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?

>> IF YOU HAD A COMMENT FOR THE EUREKA CITY COUNCIL, REGARDING FUNDING FOR NON-PROFITS OR SERVICES FOR YOU GUYS WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

>> I WOULD SAY LIKE YOU KNOW, WE NEED HELP.

WE NEED LOTS OF HELP.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DANCO BUILDING HOUSES FOR ELDERLY AND THEN THE PEOPLE FOR MEDICAL.

THOSE ARE ALL NEEDED.

DON'T TAKE ME WRONG.

BUT WE NEED HELP TOO.

WE'RE NOT SCUMS OF THE WORTH.

WE'RE HOMELESS PEOPLE.

WE EAT LIKE YOU.

WE SLEEP LIKE YOU.

WE DRINK LIKE YOU.

WE ARE WE ARE YOU.

WE NEED HELP.

>> THAT IS FRANKLY HARD TO WATCH.

SHE'S OBVIOUSLY IN A MIDDLE OF A CRISIS THAT WAS BROUGHT ON BY THE INTERVENTION OF THE CITY.

I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE THE ARGUMENT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP.

YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH WHAT A BUNCH OF THOSE ARE.

AS WE DISCUSSED ON THE PHONE YOUR THESIS IS BASICALLY NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE DOING IT'S NOT WORKING.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS AND SITUATIONS THAT AREN'T GETTING DEALT WITH.

>> WELL I FEEL THAT YOU KNOW ANYBODY JUST TAKING A CASUAL LOOK AROUND TOWN AROUND THE COUNTY IN MOST PLACES IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE COULD DO BETTER.

AND THERE CAN BE MORDEN.

SO MY EFFORT WAS REALLY TO SEE FROM THE GROUND UP I COULD SEE WHAT'S NOT WORKING.

STARTING THERE.

I TRIED TO WORK MY UP.

I'M STILL WORKING MY WAY UP.

I WANTED TO SEE WHAT THESE PEOPLE WHO'RE UNHOUSED WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS.

HOW THAT WORK FOR THEM.

HOW IT DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM.

AND WHAT WAS DONE WITH THOSE PROPERTIES BECAUSE NOT ONLY THE ASPECT OF PEOPLE BEING UNHOUSED AND UNSHELTERED IS CONCERNING BUT ALSO THE CONDITION OF THE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S A WETLAND AREA.

THERE IS THE SLEW.

SO RESTORATION IS A BIG THING.

BUT THEN RESTORATION OF COMMUNITY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOW, PART OF YOUR INVESTIGATION YOU ACTUALLY WENT TO THE COUNTY OFFICE AND LOOKED AT PARCEL MAPS.

TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT THE DIFFERENT OWNERS OF -- WHAT STRUCK YOU ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

>> THE REASON I WENT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE PARCEL MAPS AND SEE WHAT I COULD SEE.

HAVING REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION I WAS CLUED IN TO THE FACT THAT IT REALLY IS SORT OF A PATCHWORK OF DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND THAT IS TRUE.

THERE ARE LLCs.

THERE ARE COUNTY ENTITIES.

THERE ARE PRIVATE PEOPLE WHO OWN THOSE DIFFERENT PATCHES ALL AROUND.

>> THE SLOUGH.

TO SEE WHO'S AT PLAY HERE.

>> YOU REACHED OUT TO ONE IN PARTICULAR.

THAT WAS THE HUMBOLDT OFFICE OF COUNTY EDUCATION.

>> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE WHAT THEIR RESPONSE.

THEY SAID THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS BECAUSE OF IT MAKES THE PROPERTY THE AREA DIFFICULT TO SECURE.

AND THEY ALSO INDICATED THAT THE CITY OF EUREKA HAD BEEN ASSISTING THEM PERIODICALLY AND HAD BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THE ISSUE OF THE UNHOUSED AND UNSHELTERED PEOPLE ON THEIR PROPERTY IN AUGUST OF 2020.

JUST RECENTLY.

SO ASKING PEOPLE WHO WERE SHELTERING IN THE JUNGLE HOW LONG THEY HAD BEEN THERE THEY TELL THEY HAD BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF COVID.

NOT ONLY BUT THAT WHOLE AREA HAS BEEN A GO TO AREA FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF SHELTER FOR DECADES ACTUALLY.

>> I CAN ATTEST HAVING SEEN PEOPLE DOWN THERE AND OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN CLOSED OFF FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC GOING ON.

>> AND IT'S TRAGIC.

YOU NOTED SOME IRONY THE OWNERSHIP SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.

WHAT WERE YOU THINKING THERE.

I DIDN'T EXPECT TO FIND FOR INSTANCE OPEN DOOR CLINIC OWNS A SWATH OF THE PROPERTY THERE.

EUREKA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS AND SO THE PARTICULAR PARCEL THE AREA WHERE SEVERAL OF THE CAMPS ARE INCLUDING CRYSTAL WITH HER DOG AND CAMP MATE THERE, THAT IS ON OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER PROPERTY SORT OF BEHIND THE BUILDING.

IF YOU'RE ON THE WALK PATH YOU KNOW THERE ARE TENTS IN THE BUSHES NOT VERY FAR OFF THE PATH.

>> WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO THE LAND OWNERS TO GET THIS CLEARED UP.

DO THEY HAVE ANY?

>> GREAT QUESTION.

I'M LOOKING AT THAT.

THERE'S PROPERTY STEWARDSHIP OF THE LAND.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM AND IT'S MARSH LAND AND THERE'S THAT.

THERE'S ALSO THE ELEMENT OF WHAT I WOULD SAY CALLS FOR SERVICE.

SO IF A PROPERTY OWNER IS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS A PROBLEMATIC ISSUE ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY THEY CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> DO WE HAVE THE RESPONSE FROM AECE.

AND YOU SENT SOME WRITTEN RESPONSES.

IF THEY HAD HIRED PRIVATE SECURITY.

>> THEY DO.

THEY INFORMED THEY DO HAVE SORT OF WHAT I WOULD CALL CAMPUS SECURITY WALK AROUND.

THERE HAVE BEEN PRELIMINARY HERE HCOE ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AREA THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO THE MARSH LAND THERE.

>> I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER QUOTE COMING UP.

>> THEY ALREADY GOT THAT.

SO WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION EMOTIONALLY TO SEEING ALL OF THIS MESS AND THE WAY PEOPLE WERE LIVING.

HOW DID THAT IMPACT YOU?

>> IT'S HARD.

AS A REPORTER I SORT OF TRYING TO TAKE A FLY ON THE WALL APPROACH.

WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE HAVING A HUMAN MOMENT IT REQUIRES SOME EMPATHY, AND COMPASSION.

>> ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS YOU HAD WAS JOHN SHELTER.

>> JOHN SHELTER IS A LOCAL GUY WHO STARTED A BUSINESS CALLED NEW DIRECTIONS.

WHAT THEY DO THEY GO ENCAMPMENT GREENBELT AREAS EVEN PRIVATE PROPERTY AREAS WHEREVER THEY ARE CONTRACTED TO ASSIST.

THEY GO IN THERE NOT ONLY TRY TO MOVE OUT THE INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS PLURAL WHO WERE LIVING THERE UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING SHELTERING IN THE PROPERTY.

SO HE'LL GO IN THERE.

HEY YOU NEED TO MOVE ON.

WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN THIS AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO RUN THAT CLIP OF JOHN.

PRIOR TO THE BIG CLEAN UP WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR TWO WEEKS.

IS BECAUSE SATURDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TRASH PICKUP.

>> YEAH.

IT WASN'T ABOUT DISMANTLING ABOUT TENTS.

THAT CAME ALONG AS QUITE A SURPRISE.

BUT IF THEY WERE GOING TO DISMANTLE THE TENTS IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WAY BEFORE THE COMMUNITY CLEAN UP DAY.

WE HAD ALMOST A 40-YARD DUMPSTER AND THE STUFF BACK HERE WE HAD.

THE HOMELESS HELPED US DO THAT.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THEY WERE WILLING TO START SOMETHING.

BECAUSE THEY WERE SCARED.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

IT'S THE BIGGEST QUESTION I GET ASKED ON A DELAYLY BASIS.

WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO.

I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER BECAUSE NOBODY WILL ALLOW ME TO ESTABLISH THAT THAT COULD POSSIBLY WORK.

OH THAT WON'T WORK.

WE TRIED IT WITH THE MARSH.

YOU GUYS TRIED SOMETHING.

IT WAS SUGARCOATING ON SOMETHING THAT WAS CRAP.

YOU PUSHED INTO THE WOOD AREA.

YOU PUSHED EVERYBODY INTO ONE AREA.

YOU LEFT THEM ALONE FOR A MONTH.

IT BLEW UP.

YOU THEN YOU WENT IN AND THEN THEY TRIED THESE PARKING LOT THINGS ON ASPHALT.

YOU HAVE TO PACK UP BY 6:00 IN THE MORNING AND MOVE ON.

>> ONCE AGAIN WE PUT THEM IN THIS PERPETUAL THING OF HOMELESSNESS.

>> I THINK THAT'S THE ACTUAL KEY.

WE PUT THEM IN THE CYCLE.

SHE MENTIONED BENCHES IN OLD TOWN ARCATA.

>> THERE'S NO, YOU CAN'T ORGANIZE THEM OUT.

YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS AT HAND.

YOU MENTIONED THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HOMELESS IN EUREKA.

AND WHILE THE NUMBER CAN'T BE TRUSTED SPECIFICALLY IT DOES GIVE AN IDEA.

YOU SAID 500 PEOPLE.

>> EUREKA COUNTED AND IT'S A BIANNUAL COUNT.

SO EVERY OTHER YEAR THEY GO OUT AND DO THIS.

AND EUREKA COUNTED AND EUREKA PROPER 498.

AND SO THAT'S NOT THE OUTSKIRTS.

>> IT'S NOT COTTON OR MYRTLE TOWN.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU WERE SAYING THERE WERE 60 TO 70 WITHIN THAT ONE AREA YOU WERE LOOKING AT.

THAT GIVES YOU YOU A SENSE OF THE BIG PORKS OF THE HOMELESS WAS USING THAT AREA FOR A BIG PORTION OF THE TIME.

>> THAT WAS THE GO TO PLACE AT THAT TIME.

AND IT WAS DURING COVID.

DURING THE THICK OF IT AND DELTA SURGE AND ALL OF THAT.

THERE WAS LIMITED OUTREACH HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THE FEAR FOR COMMUNITY SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO THERE HAD BEEN KIND OF A LULL IN OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.

>> WELL I MEAN THAT CAUSED A LULL IN ALL KINDS OF SITUATIONS.

IN THAT MOMENT THE PEOPLE WHO NEEDED THE HELP MOST WERE THAT CUT OFF MORE THAN THEY NORMALLY BE.

>> WE WATCHED THIS VIDEO.

WAS THERE EVER A MOMENT WHERE YOU WORRIED FOR YOUR SAFETY.

HOW WAS YOUR INTERACTION WITH THE FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WALKING WITH CRYSTAL.

SHE INTRODUCED ME TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.

I WAS CAREFUL TO RESPECT BOUNDARIES AND PRIVACY.

I REALLY DIDN'T FEEL UNSAFE.

YOU KNOW MY MOM MADE SURE I HAVE A BEAR SPRAY WITH ME.

SO I'M OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>> I WANTED TO MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE SO THAT THEY FELT COMFORTABLE TELLING ME WHAT WAS GOING ON.

>> I THINK THAT COMES THROUGH IN YOUR INTERVIEWS.

THEY WERE PASSIONATELY PLEADING THEIR CASE.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE TALKING TO SOMEBODY THEY CAN'T TRUST.

I APPRECIATE YOU BUILDING THAT TRUST.

IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.

SO WE HAVE A SOC.

SO I HAD GONE BACK TO THAT AREA PERIODICALLY WELL MANY, MANY TIMES TO CHECK ON NOT ONLY WHO'S THERE BUT WHAT WAS THERE.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TRASH WAS REALLY NEVER COMPLETELY REMOVED AND IT'S STILL NOT.

>> IT'S BAGGED UP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

>> THE EXACT SAME TRASH GETS BAGGED UP FOR REASON NOT TAKEN AWAY.

AND THEN DISPERSED BY ANIMALS.

IN DOING I CAME ACROSS CRYSTAL AGAIN.

THIS IS WHERE I MET HER AND SHE TAKES ME TO HER CAMP.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND ME.

ANYBODY THAT'S HOMELESS I HOPE.

I TRY TO HELP AS WELL.

I DON'T GOT A WHOLE LOT.

WHAT I DO HAVE I TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH.

I KNOW IT'S HARD.

EVEN IF YOU'VE GOT A HOUSE IT'S STILL HARD TO SURVIVE IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

PEOPLE ARE SO HEARTLESS AND CARELESS.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE PIECES OF CRAP.

>> DO YOU THINK SINCE THE COVID IT'S GOTTEN WORSE.

>> I GOT SICK AND HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF.

I HURT MY ANKLE AND I COULDN'T WALKING ON MY ANKLE FOR A MONTH.

IT'S HARD WHEN NOBODY WILL HIRE BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOOK CLEAN.

YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SLEEP.

>> THE TRAILER PARK THEY HAVE SHOWERS BUT IT'S $20 A SHOWER.

IT'S $20 A SHOWER.

>> THAT'S TOO MUCH.

>> IT'S CRAZY.

>> IF IT COSTS ME $20 TO TAKE A SHOWER IT WOULD COST ME A LOT OF MONEY.

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT LOT.

THERE'S BEEN VARIOUS TO ESTABLISH SOME SORT OF A PERMANENT CAMP WHETHER IT'S A SLEEPING AREA OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

THERE WAS ONE ATTEMPTED BRIEFLY OVER BY THE EUREKA WATER FACILITY.

THAT WAS A MAGNET FOR CHAOS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THERE WAS A LACK OF FOLLOW THROUGH.

YOU VISIT SUCH A CAMP IN SAND CRUZ.

>> CAN YOU SET THAT UP FOR US A LITTLE BIT.

>> I DID.

GOING TO SANTA CRUZ I BECAME WHAT THEY DID.

WHAT DOES A DIFFERENT CITY DO DIFFERENT.

I DID SPEAK TO A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

HE WAS CHECKING ON PEOPLE WHO WERE CAMPING OUT IN A PARKING LOT A PARKING GARAGE.

THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE LEFT WITH AFTER THE CAMP WAS DISBANDED.

WHAT THEY DID THEY HAD AN EN CAMPMENT IN A DESIGNATED PARK.

THEY WERE ABLE TO REGULATE BECAUSE IT WAS REGULATED AS A PARK.

IT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN BECAUSE IT WAS A CITY OWNED PROPERTY AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT IT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.

ONCE IT IT REACHED 40 TO 60 PEOPLE IT WAS NOT FEASIBLE TO MAINTAIN SO THEY BROKE IT UP.

NOW THEY HAVE PEOPLE SHELTERING WHEREVER THEY CAN AROUND TOWN.

SIMILAR TO EUREKA.

BUT THE DIFFERENCE WAS AT THAT ENCAMPMENT AT LEAST FOR A TIME BEING THEY HAD HAND WASHING STATIONS.

THEY HAD CHARGING STATIONS.

THEY HAD PORT A POTTY.

>> BASIC NEEDS WERE BEING MET.

WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF TIME.

YOU'VE ATTRACTED SOME ATTENTION ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

IF THEY GO TO YouTube HUMBOLDT FREELANCE REPORTING.

>> YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

>> LOTS OF STUFF.

ANYTHING I DO THAT GETS PLUGGED INTO AN ARTICLE.

IF THERE'S A VIDEO I LIKE TO KEEP IT ON MY YouTube CHANNEL AS WELL.

>> BREAKING NEWS.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

WHEN THERE'S A PART 2 BRING IT BACK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THIS SHORT BREAK.

>> CALL THAT SHOW MUST WATCH.

I'LL BE WATCHING THAT ONE.

SO A YOUNG PERSON AND THEIR DOG WERE KILLED THIS WEEK WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK ON ALLIANCE ROAD WITH A TOYOTA PICKUP.

THE DRIVER AND A FELLOW PEDESTRIAN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TAKEN TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.

TWO VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED IN THE COLLISION AND AN SUV HAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WAS REAR-ENDED BY A TRUCK.

THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK SUFFERED A HEALTH CRISIS THAT LED TO THE CRASH.

THOSE REPORTS ARE AS YET UNCONFIRMED.

THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING ACCORDING TO THE ARCATA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WHATEVER THEIR ECONOMIC AND MENTAL STATE DESERVE OUR SYMPATHY.

STAY TUNED.

STAY INFORMED.