City of San Antonio pauses daily encampment sweeps for weekend's expected freeze
Jan 18, 2025
San Antonio's Department of Human Services (DHS) will pause its daily sweeps of homeless encampments for the hard freeze expected here this Saturday, according to an emailed statement provided to the Current. As part of an ongoing abatement effort, the city conducts five to six encampment sweeps daily, Patrick Steck told the Current in a recent phone conversation. The city plans a total of 1,300 camp sweeps for Fiscal Year 2025, KSAT reports.