LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A rising concern about homeless camps in a single Las Vegas valley neighborhood is leaving residents pissed off.
Folks dwelling close to Reno and Spencer stated they have been coping with a campsite for months earlier than 8 Information Now obtained concerned and it was cleared out on Tuesday.
“That is getting an increasing number of ridiculous. We have to get [Commissioner Jim] Gibson to do one thing about this,” resident Marcel Thomas stated.
Thomas has referred to as Glen Oaks Sq. Flats his residence since 2007. He is watched the issue with homeless encampments develop, particularly previously 12 months.
“I open my front door and it’s homeless people; they’ve got tents up, curtains up, beds. There was even a barbecue grill on the sidewalk,” he stated. “People are sleeping there early in the morning, making breakfast on the sidewalk. Kids are going to school and they’re making breakfast.”
He stated he is made calls to the county, metro, and code enforcement however none of them took motion.
“Nothing was performed and camps saved getting greater and greater,” Thomas stated.
At any given time, a gaggle of 15-20 individuals arrange camps all through the neighborhood, in accordance with Thomas. He stated they transfer from one place to a different in a unending cycle.
“It is like church: the alleyway, then they arrive round right here, they go round to the nook right here. It is a steady nonsense,” Thomas stated.
The affect cannot be ignored, he stated, as seniors and school-aged youngsters locally are unable to make use of the sidewalks.
“College children must run throughout the road. Folks must cross the road; they cannot stroll down the sidewalk,” Thomas stated.
Not solely that, however Thomas additionally stated individuals from the encampments trespass on residents’ property.
“They use a crowbar to interrupt the lock to allow them to get in. They arrive in there, they take showers, they grasp their garments up,” Thomas stated.
Thomas contacted 8 Information Now on Monday concerning the difficulty. When our workforce arrived that night time, the encampment was nonetheless there. A sanitation crew cleared it out on Tuesday, however Thomas continues to be involved it is a momentary repair to a much bigger difficulty.
“Oh, they’re going to be back. Trust me,” he said. “Now we have empathy for the homeless, however that is ridiculous.”
The neighborhood close to Reno and Spencer is part of unincorporated Clark County overseen by Commissioner Gibson. In a press release, the county stated its purpose is to work with probably the most weak inhabitants with compassion and effectivity, whereas on the similar time defending public security and the standard of life for the neighborhood.
You possibly can report encampment neighborhoods in your space by means of the FixIt Clark County web site.
