The Redding Police Community Work Program has been continually clearing homeless camps using labor from the Shasta County Alternative Custody Program. Recent areas of focus include Airport Road, Highway 44 behind Goodwill, Cypress Avenue Carwash, Black Marble Way, Airpark, North Court and Lake Boulevard. Last year a total of 614,480 Pounds of rubbish was collected and hauled to the landfill. So far this year the team has collected more than 86,000 Pounds.
-Steve Gibson