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WEBVTT KELLIE: BUT AS KCRA 3’S WALTER MAKAULA SHOWS US THE LANDOWNER IS ABOUT TO PUT AN END TO IT. REPORTER: YOU CAN SEE IT’S AN EYESORE BUT THE SMELLY ODOR MAY BE WORSE. THIS MAN OWNS AUTO WORLD OF SACRAMENTO, NEXT-DOOR TO WHAT WAS IN THEM TO A LOT. ON THE 5700 BLOCK OF STOCKTON BOULEVARD. HE SAYS A FEW MONTHS BACK, 10 POPPED UP OVERNIGHT, THEN DOZENS OF PEOPLE LIVED IN. NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE AN ENTIRE VILLAGE. >> WE NEED SOME THINGS TO KEEP US CLEAN AND SAFE AND WARM. BRIAN: SHE EXPLAINED THE OFFLOAD ODOR, THERE’S NO RESTROOMS. REPORTER: FOR SAKE, THE BIGGER PROMISES BUSINESS HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO AND VANDALIZED. >> IT HAPPENED TO MY CARS COME MY FRIENDS. REPORTER: COST TO REPAIR HAVE COST FIVE OR $6,000. NOTING KEVIN HAS SPILLED. REPORTER: -- >> MONTHS AGO I TRIED TO KICK THEM OUT AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO MOVE. REPORTER: SACRAMENTO’S HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT IN SEO IS PART OF THE PROPERTY AND OUR NEED PROCESS OF TRYING TO INSTALL OFFENSE. BEFORE IT’S CONSTRUCTED, THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ASSISTANCE WILL BE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT RESOURCES AND SERVICES WHEN THE SITE IS CLEANED UP. DESPITE THE PROBLEMS, THE PEOPLE FIND A SAFE HOME. JUST NOT HERE.

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An empty lot in Sacramento is now serving as a homeless camp. The former San Juan Motel site on Stockton Boulevard is full of tents with people living in them, and some business owners said it's creating an unsanitary mess. The site had its first guests move in a few months ago, and the number of people living there has been steadily growing. Zaki Nayedkhil owns Auto World of Sacramento next door to what was an empty lot on the 5700 block of Stockton Boulevard. Nayedkhil said a few months back, a tent popped up overnight, then dozens of others moved in. Now, it looks like an entire village. "We need something to keep us clean, and safe and warm," said Lucille Mendez, who lives there. She explained the awful odor was due to no restrooms. "It's not very sanitary," she said. There's trash scattered across the lot, but for Nayedkhil, the bigger problem is his business has been broken into and vandalized. "Damage to my cars, to my fence and when we come back here, car battery is gone, ignition is broken, radio is gone," he said. Nayedkhil said the cost to repair the damage has totaled at least $5,000 or $6,000, and now the encampment has spilled onto the sidewalk in front of his business and on the other side of his driveway. "Like a month ago, I see like four or five tents over here on the sidewalk and that side, and the sheriff comes up and they tried to kick him out and they don't want to move," Nayedkhil said. The Sacramento Housing Redevelopment Agency owns part of the property. Its spokesperson, Angela Jones, issued the following statement:"SHRA is in the process of preparing to install a wrought iron fence around the property and clean up the site. Before the fence is constructed, which is expected to occur this month, DHA will be assisting the homeless residents by providing information about resources and services when the site is cleaned up. The Sheriff's Department is handling signage and notification at the site. Eventually, SHRA plans provide a development opportunity for affordable housing on the site." Despite the problems, Nayedkhil hopes the people find a safe home, just not there.