Shaunn Cartwright is a part of the rapid encampment support team in San Jose. Whenever there are sweeps in the city, she goes there to monitor the process and help those who are being displaced.

"This was swept prior to Autumn Parkway and then the creek and then Columbus," said Cartwright.

Shaunn says a camp known as the Bassett Encampment, off Bassett Street and tucked under Highway 87, has been swept multiple times by multiple agencies because of its location under and overpass and near railroad tracks.

She says most recently, it was swept by Caltrans.

"When you're in a crisis state, when somebody goes, 'You're being swept,' it's very hard to understand this exact area is city and this exact area is Caltrans and this is that," Cartwright said.

Shaunn says that confusion can lead to

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