San Francisco police trumpets its removal of homeless camps after the mayor promised a crackdown but Twitter users demand to know what happened to the people in the tents
- San Francisco police evicted about 50 homeless from Tenderloin sidewalks
- Tent-dwellers moved on to set up blocks away and will likely be evicted again
- City law makes it illegal to set up a tent on the sidewalk without a permit
- Authorities got many off the street and into housing in months before raid
- Mayor Mark Farrell vowed to tackle the homelessness problem head-on
San Francisco's Tenderloin was bustling with tents, sleeping bags, the meager possessions of the city's homeless on Tuesday - now it is empty.
About 50 tent-dwellers were evicted in a sweep of problem streets, either moved on or having their tends and possessions taken away.
The raid came days after Mayor Mark Farrell vowed to clean up the streets after dozens of homeless resisted efforts to move them into shelters.
San Francisco's Tenderloin was bustling with tents, sleeping bags, the meager possessions of the city's homeless on Tuesday - now it is empty
Police posted before and after photos of Ellis and Stevenson Streets showing they were completely empty after the Wednesday raids
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