Today about 150 homeless people who set up camp along the Santa Ana Riverbed in Fountain Valley had to pack up their things and get out.
Finally some action!
The Orange County Sheriff's Department was tasked with talking with every single person living illegally in the river and telling them to leave.
Residents in nearby neighborhoods were dealing with feces, urine, syringes, and violent people squatting just feet from their property, and they were told there was nothing that could be done about it.
Fountain Valley resident Jeanina Cole has been dealing with this problem for way too long, and has joined us before to talk about how bad it is:
OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer also joined us to talk about the win in Fountain Valley, and how other towns in Orange County are going to get cleaned up: