(The City of Calexico cracking down on the homeless)...The Calexico Police department along with community workers began the crackdown.

They are clearing the homeless encampments from the downtown areas. Calexico Police Chief says it is part of an ongoing effort to clean up the city. Chief Armando Orozco says it is an ongoing effort. The effort aims at enforcing state and city bans on urban camping. During the process, police issued several citations. The Chief said they are just enforcing existing ordinances. Homeless advocates say it is a futile effort. They say the homeless cannot pay the citations and jailing them only postpones the problem. They suggest looking for real solutions to the issue.