PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — City officials cleaned up a homeless camp months after it sprung up in southwest Portland but campers said they weren’t given any warning.

The camp was under the northbound Naito Parkway on-ramp at Southwest Barbur Boulevard.

Officials said the camp had been a problem spot for seven months before it was cleared out Tuesday.

A new law that went into effect Jan. 1 allows city officials to clean up homeless camps and evict people who are camping on state property.

But some of the campers at the Naito on-ramp location told KOIN 6 News notices were never posted for Tuesday’s cleanup.

One camper named Jim said because notices weren’t posted, some people living at the camp “lost everything they have” when officials cleaned the area.

“They’ve taken tents, they’ve taken everything over from someone that was over in the shelter area,” said Jim. “They weren’t even here — they didn’t know about it, because we weren’t posted.”

Jim accused the City of Portland of “illegally sweeping” the camp because officials can’t provide him proof of where they posted notices of an impending cleanup.

Another resident of the camp, Marty, said officials came and told him he was trespassing and had to leave.

“They never posted a notice, which they’re supposed to,” said Marty. “Takes a little time to pack up and go, and then to figure out where you’re gonna go, because as soon as you go somewhere else they’ll be hounding you there.”

“A lot of us, we don’t leave messes, you know?” Marty said. “There are some bad apples and there are a lot of people just trying to survive.”

City of Portland public information officer Heather Hafer said notices were posted in the area Jan. 4.

But Hafer said the specific location of the Naito on-ramp encampment “is a new area for the City of Portland and staff were unfamiliar with this site and did not post notices in the immediate area.”

Hafer said because there was confusion over the location, officials did not remove any property other than garbage during the Tuesday cleanup. She added that a full cleanup would take place at a later date and notices would be posted beforehand.