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  • Squatters Rights? Landowner Seeks to Evict Highway 17 Homeless Encampment

    09/28/2017 4:19:20 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 24 replies
    San Jose Mercury News ^ | September 28, 2017 | Judy Peterson
    A Los Gatos homeowner is worried people living in a downtown homeless encampment will start a wildfire, killing themselves, his family, tenants and neighbors. John Whitney says he’s been trying for years to get authorities to clean up the encampment, to no avail. The encampment runs alongside Highway 17 behind the post office. Ironically, there’s a blackboard at the encampment’s entrance that reads, “Stay Alive.” “This is a fire hazard right here,” Whitney said, pointing to a discarded pizza box, and sleeping and garbage bags. “The amount of dumping is unbelievable. Last year, Caltrans came out but nothing happened.” Caltrans...