{"id":272298,"date":"2026-04-17T08:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272298\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:24:21","slug":"san-diego-freeway-encampment-cleared-loads-of-trash-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/272298\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego freeway encampment cleared, loads of trash removed"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 An encampment along Interstate 5 in San Diego was cleared this week, Caltrans and the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced.<\/p>\n

Caltrans on Thursday took to social media<\/a> to announce an encampment along I-5 in San Diego was cleared and that crews removed seven cubic yards of debris, which is enough to fill about three pickup trucks.<\/p>\n

Homeless camps cleared in San Diego, Fresno <\/a><\/p>\n

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Officials offered two people at the encampment services, Caltrans noted.<\/p>\n

The City of San Diego has protocols for Encampment Clean-Up and Abatement<\/a>, which include a 24-hour notice ahead of any clean-up as well as allowing people to retrieve their belongings afterwards. Items are stored for 90 days. Individuals can call 858-694-7000,\u00a0and a City employee will return their items to them.<\/p>\n

San Diego\u2019s Safe Sleeping Program<\/a> gives unhoused individuals a place to stay other than the streets and traditional shelters.<\/p>\n

The California Highway Patrol, El Cajon Area Office<\/a>, has recently dedicated an officer solely to addressing homeless encampments in the community.<\/p>\n

Homelessness Response Center\u00a0resources in San Diego, including shelters, rent help, food assistance, and more, can be found at sandiego.gov\/homelessness-strategies-and-solutions\/services\/homelessness-response-center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 An encampment along Interstate 5 in San Diego was cleared this week, Caltrans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[40020,3315,2903,74,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-272298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-california-state-transportation-agency","9":"tag-caltrans","10":"tag-encampment","11":"tag-san-diego","12":"tag-san-diego-headlines","13":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}