San Jose, CA - Six weeks after San Jose began clearing Columbus Par k, the city’s largest homeless encampment, some residents say they are back where they started — living in other camps or in RVs, with little clarity about what comes next.

City officials say some people continue to refuse shelter offers , even as crews hauled away more than 650,000 pounds of trash and counted at least 370 residents and 120 lived-in vehicles.

Lingering questions

Local perspective:

While city leaders report that a majority of residents have been moved indoors, others, like Julie — who lived in a friend’s RV at the site for 10 months — say they were overlooked.

"Most of the people either were put in hotels or went to the tents, and like I said, I was not offered either. It has kind of been hell,"

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