Homelessness is not just a problem for the unhoused. It's also a problem for Bay Area cities. One of those cities, San Jose, has been taking an increasingly hard line when it comes to encampments.

One large camp, in Columbus Park, is scheduled to be dismantled beginning Monday. But some who live there say it feels like the city has been funneling homeless people there for years.

It's been a long time since Columbus Park resembled anything like a park. It's now a huge homeless encampment that has been building in size for up to 10 years. But in a weekend community letter, Mayor Matt Mahan announced that the cleanup of the park would begin on Monday.

"It won't be easy. It won't happen overnight," he wrote, "and it may get worse in the area before it gets better. But continuing to do noth

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