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St. Paul council president: After Pig's Eye, city needs to change approach to encampments

Protesters sit in attendance at a city council meeting while holding signs.
St. Paul residents and other activism groups show up to protest a resolution for the police department seeking a $200,000 federal grant to expand its drone program, during a City Council meeting Sept. 9.
Ahmed Hassan | MPR News File

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It’s been more than a month since the City of St. Paul shut down an encampment where more than 100 people lived. Since then, seven people from the Pig’s Eye encampment have made use of available shelter beds, according to a report from the city at the end of August.

Many former Pig’s Eye residents have moved to other, remaining encampments in the city. St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her’s office said this summer it planned to clear encampments “on a rolling basis,” but it has not released a timeline for the other sites.

For an update on the situation and other issues facing the capital city, including police drones and downtown development, MPR News host Nina Moini talked with St. Paul City Council President Rebecca Noecker.

Minnesota Now also requested an interview with Mayor Her to talk about these issues, but she was not available.

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