. Practically every town, city, and metropolis in America has its hobo camp, usually or almost universally located on the outskirts of town, out of sight of “regular” people: and astride the railroad track which provides regular free transportation into and out of town in empty box cars. The camps are situated this way because the land they occupy is not much good for anything else. Santa Cruz County, believe it or not, has exactly such a place on its North side past Western Avenue. The only missing ingredient is regular freight train traffic, but a twice daily shuttle, provided by the County, could take care of transportation to downtown. The cost of the shuttle would be a small price to pay to get the camping problem out of town, and we would not be juggling the periodic and aggravating problem of where to allow the homeless to set up camp.
Howard F. Sosbee 1400 Weston Ridge Road Scotts Valley CA, 95066 831, 335, 8401 hfs@sosbee.com <mailto:hfs@sosbee.com>
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