Over the past few days, some strange things have been going on around our camp. The other day, there was a security patrol car pacing the parking lot by the entrance. This morning, there was some asshole with a tripod camera who kept looking up at me as I was finding a place to do my morning business. And last night, my husband and I came home to a notice slipped inside our tent.
The notice basically says that we've got two days to clear out because the city's doing a raid on illegal campers and that anyone left behind will be subject to criminal prosecution. Loki thinks they're just harassing us needlessly and that after the raid (the week of the 13th), people will come back, pitch their tents, and settle in as before.
But I'm not so sure.
Before I left for Slab City, that camp was much more occupied and it was captained by a guy named Bubba. Bubba isn't there anymore and the camp is both much emptier and much cleaner than it was before. I personally think it may have been raided since then.
Also, at the end of last year, the city raided another long-standing encampment known as the Jungle, on 10th + Senter, citing toxic river runoff as their excuse. The smell there is much fouler now than it was before, and to my knowledge, no-one has gone back.
At this point, all I can say is that we will come back and see if there's anyone else set back up at our old camp when we do. If not... I guess we'll be finding a new place. Hopefully Loki has something in mind.
Picture of the notice to follow.
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