Amid the growing crackdown on encampments throughout the city, San Jose now faces a rash of complaints about loss of property from homeless residents, who have accused the city of lacking due process and even deliberately destroying thousands of dollars worth of items at the same time that they assured the owners that their belongings were safe.

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In one of the four property loss complaints filed just last week, Melvin Cuc, a former resident of the Columbus Park encampment, stated that the city destroyed all of his belongings while he was hospitalized for 18 days in August, despite receiving a notice for his items that prevented their removal until Sept. 4. Cuc’s complaint also alleged that he saw employees from the city and one of its contractors remove similar notices fr

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