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From YouTube: MASS & CASS Update - 10/20/22 Part 2
Description
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hosts a press conference to provide updates on City efforts to address the unsheltered homelessness and substance use crises centered at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.
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A
Of
need
that
still
exists
out
in
our
communities
and
we
are
working
every
single
day
to
work
to
meet
that,
but
it
is
a
moment
also
to
reflect
on
where
we
were
a
year
ago
compared
to
now,
and
what
that
tells
us
about
the
types
of
supports
that
the
city
will
need
from
other
partners
as
well
to
actually
get
this
done.
I
think
the
most
important
numbers
that
stick,
in
my
mind,
are
around
the
impacts
that
we've
been
seeing
with
uptake
of
treatment
and
services
when
there
is
stable
housing.
A
It's
it's
night
and
day
and
I
know
some
team
members
can
add
some
more
data
to
those
points.
However,
with
these
200
units,
192
units
we've
been
able
to
see.
65
people
go
all
the
way
through
from
that
medically
supported
low
threshold
housing
stabilized
enough
to
access
permanent
housing
outside
the
city
and
new
residents,
then
taking
their
spots
in
that
low
threshold
housing
to
get
on
their
feet
and
some
even
cycling
through
multiple
times,
as
these
units
have
helped
people
get
that
footing
and
move
to
the
next
phase
of
their
recovery.
A
The
reality
is
that,
as
we've
been
able
to
serve
these
hundreds
of
residents
who
have
gone
through
the
housing
and
treatment
Pipeline
with
us,
hundreds
more
residents
have
arrived
from
other
cities
and
other
states.
Even
it
is
not
uncommon
when
I
am
at
the
engagement
Center
and
out
and
about
in
the
area
to
meet
folks
who
have
come
from
the
New
England
region
writ
large
and
and
not
just
within
Massachusetts,
and
so
the
need
is
there.
A
We
know
that
this
works
for
stabilizing
individuals,
but
at
the
city
level,
with
the
funding
that
we
have
with
the
resources
that
we
as
a
municipality,
have
cannot
do
it
alone,
and
so
our
call
our
ask
and
the
results
of
what
we
have
learned
throughout
all
of
these
10
months
and
how
to
do
this
and
how
to
do
it
right
is
that
we
need
partnership
from
the
state.
We
need
a
thousand
more
units
of
low
threshold,
Supportive
Housing,
to
be
created
and
cited
outside
the
city
of
Boston.
We
have
200
units
right
now.
A
We
need
the
state
as
a
partner
as
as
we
do
on
on
every
issue
and
so
we're
eager
to
provide
that
expertise
and
really
be
clear
about
the
results
that
we
have
seen
with
these
192
units
and
the
partnership
and
collaboration
from
all
of
our
departments.
The
number
of
individuals
gathering
in
the
area
has
gone
down,
although
it
is
still
large
numbers.
The
number
of
tents
that
are
there
have
gone
down,
although
we
still
see
them
popping
up
every
day
and
work
to
take
them
down.
A
Every
day
we
have
added
transportation
that
is
free
to
connect
individuals
to
other
service
and
daytime
spaces.
Throughout
the
city,
we
have
worked
to
change
around
the
services
being
provided
at
the
engagement,
Center
and
and
hours
that
that
is,
that
is
being
offered
and
Dr
ojukutu
and
her
team
are
really
diving
in
on
case
management,
so
that
we
will
be
able
to
help
triage
at
the
city
level,
adding
staff
to
connect
people
directly
to
services
and
housing
that's
available.
A
But
every
day
this
team
is
trying
new
strategies,
housing
new,
more
residents
working
their
way
through
the
wait
list
that
we
have
seeing
amazing
results
with
individuals
who
have
been
able
to
connect
with
that
team.
For
case
management
and
services,
but
it's
time
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
widespread
a
situation
this
is
across
the
entire
State
and
region
and
to
provide
the
framework
now
that
we
can
build
on
with
the
state
as
a
partner
to
see
this
succeed
across
the
Commonwealth,
so
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Tanya
Del
Rio
who's.
C
Thank
you,
mayor
I.
What
I
want
to
do
is
expand
a
little
bit
and
provide
more
information
on
the
activities
that
have
been
going
on
in
the
last
few
hours,
but
first
and
foremost
wanted
to
thank
community
members
for
their
stewardship
of
all
our
public
spacing
spaces,
including
our
streets,
our
Parks,
your
collaboration,
is
crucial
and
has
been
really
appreciated.
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
people.
C
The
many
people
who
are
on
the
street
staying
there
facing
lots
of
challenges,
substance,
use
homelessness,
mental
health
challenges,
and
yesterday
they
were
able
to
collaborate
with
us
and
in
an
effort
to
provide
the
safest
and
most
healthy
environment
possible
for
themselves
and
the
rest
of
the
public.
I'll
provide
a
little
more
detail
on
that,
but
I
really
did
appreciate
their
building
trust
with
all
our
teams
and
their
collaboration.
C
No
numbers
based
discussion
with
with
you,
the
public,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
expand
on
yesterday's
activities
as
part
of
it.
Yesterday's
shift
was
part
of
our
ongoing
daily
work
and
as
we
go
and
go
ahead
and
every
day
adjust
to
see
what
may
work,
what
are
the
ways
in
which
we
can
connect
people
to
Services
most
effectively,
and
we
wanted
to
address
two
specific
things
with
asking
people
to
congregate,
not
on
South
Hampton
Street
and
instead
ask
them
to
frequent
Atkinson
Street.
The
first
one
is
addressing
Traffic
Safety.
C
We
had
seen
a
number
of
close
calls
with
people
getting
in
traffic
close
to
traffic.
Both
the
concerns
are
about
members
of
the
public,
about
community
members
and
also
staff,
and
we
believe
that
that
the
transfer
to
Atkinson
Street
is
really
going
to
help
us
address
that
specific
traffic
safety
issue.
We
also
have
heard
good
feedback
from
teams
about
our
second
goal,
which
is
to
facilitate
case
management.
C
There
are
people
from
a
number
of
organizations
on
the
street
providing
case
management,
provide
providing
medical
attention
and
they
have
shared
with
us
that
this
move
is
going
to
be
able
to
facilitate
that
process
for
them.
So
we
were
able
to
accomplish
those
two
things
yesterday
with
the
move
to
Atkinson
Street,
while
acknowledging
that
the
challenge-
and
that
is
mass
and
cast
remains,
and
we
are
at
work
every
day
addressing
that.
C
I
also
wanted
to
share
that
we're
going
to
be
closely
monitoring
the
situation
in
the
coming
days.
As
you
can
imagine,
some
of
some
of
the
things
are
maybe
unpredictable.
So
we
have
staff
members
present
there
have
been
present
overnight
will
be
present,
as
we
always
are
in
the
coming
days,
with
a
strong
focus
on
just
monitoring
any
changes
that
we
observe.
C
You
will
hear
today
from
Public
Health
commission
from
the
police
department,
from
the
mayor's
office
of
housing
from
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
our
parks
department
and
our
apartment,
our
partners
at
the
new
market
bid.
The
mayor's
office
role
is
to
coordinate
all
of
these
teams
work
together
in
a
collaborative
way
and
just
as
we
go
remain
flexible,
so
that
whether
the
situation
changed
we're
able
to
respond
effectively,
we're
always
able
and
willing
and
eager
to
receive
your
feedback.
C
A
D
D
D
D
That
same
day
this
year,
October
2022
there
were
90
people.
Excuse
me
there
were
173
people,
so
262
versus
173..
And
if
you
look
at
the
number
of
tents
in
October
2021,
there
were
90.
and
now
the
same
day,
October
2022
there
were
20..
So
that's
actually
70
70
fewer
tents.
So
we
have
made
significant
progress.
D
I
think
it's
important
to
think
about
progress
and
it's
important
to
pay
attention
to
these
data
as
we
move
forward
and
so
we'll
be
continuing
to
collect
this
data
and
we'll
try
to
be
as
transparent
as
possible
as
we
collect
it.
Within
the
last
two
weeks
we
conducted
a
survey
of
150
individuals,
congregating
on
mass
and
cast,
and
we
do
have
some
preliminary
data
from
that
survey.
D
There
were
approximately
59
men
on
the
street
and
36
percent
female.
We
do
continue
to
note
significant
racial
and
active
diversity
with
31
latinx
individuals
and
25
black
for
African-American
individuals
and
approximately
47
have
been
coming
to
mass
and
Cass
for
one
year
or
less.
So
many
of
these
folks
were
not
here
in
January
20
2022,
when
we
did
the
initial
housing
surge
and
50
percent
have
nowhere
else
to
go
so
they're,
unsheltered
and
living
on
the
street.
D
So
here
in
Boston
we're
confronting
these
challenges,
new
approaches.
This
is
critical.
We
don't
have
one
solution
to
this
problem.
No
one
does
concrete
on
Madison
Cass
Atkinson
Street
out
of
the
danger
of
traffic
on
Southampton
will
make
it
easier
for
our
Outreach
teams
to
engage
individuals
to
reverse
overdoses,
to
distribute
harm
reduction
supplies
and
to
ultimately
help
more
people,
we'll
also
be
expanding.
D
Our
Case
Management
Services,
because
addiction
affects
so
many
facets
of
people's
lives,
and
we
need
a
comprehensive
set
of
solutions
to
offer
to
folks
these
expanded,
Case,
Management
Services
will
be
based
at
the
engagement
Center
and
will
help
increase
the
linkage
to
counselors
and
Recovery
Services,
we'll
be
reuniting
individuals
with
family
members
and
will
refer
people
to
services
in
their
home
towns.
Those
individuals
who
are
not
from
Boston
who
are
living
in
the
area
and
that's
important,
because
we
should
not
be
bearing
the
burden
of
what's
Happening
here
alone.
D
D
Our
goal
from
day
one
has
been
to
support
the
needs
of
this
highly
vulnerable
population,
while
reducing
crowding,
improving
safety
and
promoting
sanitation
in
the
area
and
housing
is
a
critical
piece
of
achieving
this
goal.
You'll
hear
more
about
that
from
Chief
Dylan,
but
I
do
think
it's
important
to
know
from
a
clinical
perspective
that,
as
of
August
seven
months
post,
our
tent
to
Housing
Initiative
50
of
individuals
who
are
housed
are
taking
medication
to
treat
opioid
use
disorder.
D
D
D
D
D
E
We
will
continue
to
spend
all
the
resources
necessary,
particularly
on
our
Outreach
teams,
to
make
sure
that
we're
successful
in
this
endeavor
our
presence
and
work
and
efforts
is
focused
on
the
issues
discussed
here
are
important
and
the
officers
as
I
described
before
will
do
everything
we
can
to
address
crime
and
fear
crime
related
to
not
only
this
issue,
but
all
issues
in
the
city
and
chief
Dill
I'm.
Dealing
with
that.
F
F
F
These
six
sites
were
set
up
to
get
those
living
in
the
mass
cast
area
off
the
street
first
to
stabilize
these
individuals
and
then
work
with
them
on
housing,
a
housing
and
Recovery
pathway
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
quick,
a
quick
second
to
thank
those
that
helped
us
set
up
these
sites.
We
have
a
really
significant
network
of
caring,
non-profits,
Boston,
Medical,
Center,
Victory
programs,
Elliott
Human,
Services,
CCA,
St,
Francis,
House,
Pine,
Street
and
Boston
healthcare
for
the
homeless
and,
of
course,
the
Boston
Public
Health
commission.
F
They
set
these
sites
up
under
very
difficult
conditions,
making
them
a
welcoming
first
step
for
those
that
were
living
on
the
street
in
the
mastercast
area
and
for
individuals
that
had
many
many
obstacles
and
we're
dealing
with
with
many
many
issues.
As
you
can
imagine.
This
work
has
been
difficult,
however,
has
been
stated
by
the
mayor
and
others.
We
are
making
progress.
F
As
of
this
morning,
individuals
staying
at
the
six
sites,
150
or
80
percent
of
them-
have
created
a
housing
plan
working
with
the
housing
professional,
and
these
are
folks
that
are
dealing
with
mental
health
issues.
Substance
use
disorders
trauma
like
many
many
issues,
so
the
fact
that
they're
meeting
on
a
very
regular
basis
with
housing,
professionals
and
counselors
is
a
very,
very
important
first
step
and
112
or
60
percent
of
those
right
now
at
the
sites
have
a
Housing
Resource
in
hand.
They
either
have
an
apartment.
F
F
Now
the
vast
majority
of
this
of
these
activities,
the
housing
resources,
the
services
are
being
paid
by
some
of
our
federal
funds,
we're
really
putting
together
putting
to
good
use
our
arpa
funding
and
others
to
make
sure
these.
These
residents
are
safe
and
I
I,
just
I
just
want
to
close
by
saying
once
again.
This
is
some
of
the
hardest
work
that
I
have
witnessed
and
I've
been
doing
housing,
housing
and
affordable
housing
policy
and
programs
for
a
long
time.
F
G
Thank
you
Sheila,
so
my
name
is
Mike
bro
I'm
here
with
the
Boston
Public
Works
Department
made
us
to
quickly
speak
about
some
of
our
actions
down
there.
In
this
area
we
do,
as
the
mayor
noted,
touched
the
area
19
times
a
week
scheduled
cleanings
that
involves
the
street
sweeper
some
Crews
to
pick
up
some
bulky
items,
we've
got
four
of
those
events
are
actually
well
coordinated
through
Tanya's
team,
Boston,
Police,
Department,
Street
Outreach
unit
that
allows
us
to
really
get
in
there
get
some
bulk
items.
G
Again
with
the
work
of
all
the
teams
that
Tanya
has
mentioned.
I
think
when
we
talk
about
historical
numbers,
where
it's
tough
to
do
in
trash,
you
know
the
action
on
January
12th,
Saros
removed,
43
tons
of
material
cereal
from
those
hardened
enchantments
along
the
triangle
and
Atkinson
Street
for
a
frame
of
reference
on
a
heavy
day.
G
Now,
when
we're
down
here
we're
talking
about
a
tenth
of
a
ton
so
200
pounds,
that
is
the
the
problem
here-
is
not
trash,
but
we're
trying
to
do
our
best
to
make
sure
the
problem
doesn't
become
trash
and
doesn't
become
the
encampments
I.
Think,
with
the
good
work
of
Tanya's
team,
we
are
able
to
get
ahead
of
things
have
conversations:
it's
not
a
perfect
world.
G
We
inspect
the
area
ourselves
multiple
times
a
day
to
see
what
we
see.
If
there's,
if
there's
a
problem,
if
something
popped
up
we're
in
constant
communication
on
text
messages,
emails
phone
calls
to
kind
of
get
ahead
of
that
next
troubled
spot
before
it
becomes
the
troubled
spot.
But
again
the
time
and
attention
that
we're
putting
to
this
area
obviously
isn't
enough.
G
B
Good
afternoon,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Ryan
Woods
I
proudly
serve
as
the
parks
commissioner
for
the
city
of
Boston
I'm
here
to
talk
about
all
of
our
Parks,
but
specifically
Clifford
park
right
across
the
street,
from
the
parks
department
headquarters
here
at
1010.
Mass
Ave
we're
very
grateful
to
be
part
of
the
coordinated
Response
Team
every
morning
on
a
call
with
all
of
our
colleagues
that
are
here
behind
us
to
come
up
with
the
best
methods
to
make
sure
our
parks
are
safe,
clean
and
welcoming
spaces.
B
I'd
like
to
walk
you
through,
what's
happening
in
our
Park,
the
hard-working
staff
of
the
Boston
parks
department
start
their
day.
This
is
the
first
Park
Clifford
Park.
They
start
in
each
day
between
7
and
7
30..
They
also
return
there
before
the
Mason
school
gets
out
every
day,
just
before
two
o'clock.
In
addition
to
that,
we
have
the
public
health
Recovery
Services
that
go
through
the
park
at
least
twice
a
day
and
we're
very
grateful
to
the
New
Market
bid.
That
makes
at
least
three
sweeps
a
day
through
the
park.
B
So,
in
addition
to
the
parks
Department's
work
that
they
do,
that
there's
at
least
five
sweeps
every
day
through
Clifford
Park.
We
recognize
the
park
should
be
a
safe
space
for
our
youth.
Our
families,
our
neighbors
and
a
great
more
needs
to
be
done.
We're
excited
to
engage
with
the
community
on
a
complete
renovation
and
redesign
of
Clifford
Park
that
will
be
coming
up
shortly,
and
we
want
to
thank
everyone
behind
us
for
being
part
of
this
team
to
get
it
done.
B
H
What
I
will
tell
you
is
if
you
talk
to
businesses
down
here,
you
talk
to
residents,
you
know
a
lot
of
people
will
tell
you
that
it's
still
bad
things
are
bad.
You
know
they're
they're,
not
you
know,
you
know,
we've
got
people
on
the
street.
We've
got
this.
We've
got
that
I
can't
do
business
and
they're
not
wrong,
okay,
but
they
are
wrong.
H
Today
we
don't
have
that.
What
we
have
and-
and
the
move
this
morning
went
as
well
as
I
could
have
possibly
anticipated
the
individuals
on
the
street
moved
calmly.
They
moved
I'm.
Sorry.
This
was
the
move.
Yesterday
morning
they
moved
calmly,
they
knew
what
we
were
trying
to
do
and
they
moved
on
to
Atkinson
Street
and
it
went
very
well.
H
H
H
The
whole
goal
is
for
people
to
go
inside,
go
into
treatment,
go
into
recovery,
go
and
get
housing,
get
shelter
so
they're
not
out
here
in
these
tents,
I
saw
the
really
bad
things
that
happened
in
those
tents
a
year
ago
and
I
know
that
our
mayor
and
our
Public
Health
officials
and
our
police,
all
of
whom
are
out
here
every
single
day,
working
really
hard
to
make.
These
changes
want
the
same
thing.
They
want
better
for
everybody
out
there.
H
H
H
The
second
part
of
it
is
that
we
need
to
stop
the
open-air
drug,
trade
and-
and
everybody
knows
that.
That's
a
good
reason
why
everybody
comes
here,
okay,
and
yet
we
also
in
doing
so.
It's
not
a
it's.
It's
not
all
on
the
police,
it's
not
all!
On
public
health,
it's
got
to
be
a
combination
that
everyone
working
together
to
get
people
to
where
they
need
to
be
so
that
we
don't
have
to
have
that
open-air
drug
trade
out
there
I've
probably
gone
way
over
my
time.
H
There
are
some
people
out
there
who
who
cannot
think
for
themselves.
I
know
that
I
know
that
questions
of
of
treatment-
you
know
versus
versus
arrest
and
all
are
an
issue,
but
I'll
tell
you
I!
Think
the
D.A
has
the
right
idea
on
the
SOS
program
Services
over
sentencing.
It's
worked
for
some
of
the
members
in
our
work
group
and
I'd
like
to
see
some
of
that
as
well.
So
mayor
I'm,
sorry,
if
I
went
on
a
little
too
long,
but.
A
A
So,
just
to
put
a
little
more
detail
into
some
of
the
numbers
that
I
shared
earlier,
we
we
really
have.
You
know
it
is
inescapable
when
I
am
spending
time
at
the
engagement
Center
or
on
Atkinson
Street
or
near
Madison
Cass.
When
I
speak
with
individuals,
you
hear
life
stories
that
are
so
similar
to
the
stories
of
our
own
family
members,
and
you
also
hear
life
stories
of
people
who
are
coming
from
all
around
the
country
in
some
cases
to
this
area.
A
A
That
is
the
goal
that
we
believe
would
be
able
to
help.
Boston
and
all
of
our
communities
truly
get
to
the
root
of
this
challenge.
We
are
not
stopping
at
the
200
units
or
the
192
units
that
Boston
has
created
and
again,
in
a
matter
of
just
a
few
weeks,
leading
up
to
that
January,
12th,
housing,
Surge
and
removal
of
the
encampments.
We
found
six
sites
and
they're
all
within
the
city
of
Boston,
and
we
continue
to
explore
sites
that
are
outside
of
this
area.
A
So
we
can
continue
to
try
and
decentralize
the
situation,
doing
everything
that
is
possible
within
our
power.
But
in
10
months
it's
been
very
clear
that
there
is
only
so
much
that
is
within
our
power,
and
we
have
to
be
honest
about
these
limits
and
what
municipalities
role
should
be
relative
to
their
state
Partners.
A
We
are
going
all
in
on
case
management,
connecting
people
to
Services
looking
to
reunify
families
and
identify
where
centers
of
support
exist
for
individuals
who
find
their
way
to
us
and
we're
going
all
in
on
continuing
to
add
to
our
portfolio
of
low
threshold
housing.
But
that
is
the
scale
of
commitment
and
partnership
that
we
need
from
the
state
to
truly
address
this.
A
More
permanent
housing
would
then
speed
up
the
pipeline
and
the
barriers
that
are
keeping
folks
in
shelter
and
in
low
threshold
housing
as
well.
Partners
like
the
Pine
Street
Inn,
are
working
to
cite
hundreds
of
more
units
within
the
city
of
Boston
and
their
estimate
is
that,
if
all
goes
well,
there
may
be
across
the
region.
500
new
units
within
the
within
the
next
five
years
of
permanent
Supportive
Housing,
again
not
low
threshold
Supportive
Housing,
but
permanent
Supportive
Housing.
So
we
are
constantly
working
with
the
state
on
all
pieces
of
that.
A
This
has
been
a
priority
that
I've
elevated,
also
with
the
Metro
Mayors
as
well
I'm,
proud
to
co-chair
the
housing
task
force
on
Metro
Mayors
alongside
mayor
Arrigo,
and
we
all
feel
the
sentiment
whenever
I
speak
with
fellow
Mayors.
Everyone
knows
that
at
the
city
level,
we
are
problem
solvers.
We
are
going
to
do
what
we
can,
and
everyone
understands
that
this
is
a
collective
challenge
that
we
can
take
on
together.
A
Yeah
I
think
it's
really
important.
You
know
we
are
now
I
think
using
the
term
mass
and
cast
as
shorthand
as
a
city
for
this
set
of
challenges
rather
than
just
a
limited
geographic
area
right.
There
are
no
boundaries
on
the
work
that
Tanya
and
her
team
are
doing,
and
they
are
ambasola
and
a
public
health
Outreach
folks
are
in
Franklin
Park
on
a
daily
basis,
they're
in
Clifford
Park.
They
are
in
spaces
all
across
our
neighborhoods.
A
A
Think
you
heard
earlier
that
the
efforts
targeted
to
Clifford
Park
in
particular
recognize
that
this
has
been
an
epicenter
of
the
immediate
impacts
have
been
very
productive
and
effective,
and
community
members
are
a
huge
part
of
that
in
the
teams
and
organizations
and
leaders
who
continue
to
draw
attention
to
this
and
highlight
and
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
get
right
in
there
to
help
with
cleanings
and
sweepings
and
and
to
fight
for
better
lighting.
That
is
why
this
park
is
in
the
pipeline
for
major
Renovations
as
well.
That
will
see
new
lighting
and
new
infrastructure.
A
We
have
seen
tremendous
turnaround
at
Clifford
park.
It
is
nowhere
near
where
we
should
be
in
terms
of
the
impacts
right.
I
have
connected
with
families
who
have
been
impacted,
and,
and
it's
it's
for
a
young
person
to
experience
being
pricked
by
a
needle
in
any
of
our
spaces
is
we
will
take
every
possible
step
so
that
all
of
our
parks
and
all
of
our
public
spaces
are
what
our
kids
deserve.
J
A
A
It's
been
new
strategies,
new
approaches,
looking
to
to
figure
out
how
we
can
direct
our
resources
in
the
right
way
there
there
was
not
a
kind
of
sudden
focus
on
one
part
or
another.
The
cleanings
we've
arrived
at
a
rhythm
that
seems
to
work
for
particular
Parts
in
particular
areas.
Just
given
the
rhythms
of
when
the
park
is
used
by.
A
A
I,
you
know,
I
am
really
grateful.
I
want
to
emphasize
our
the
state
has
been
has
helped
us
get
to
this
place
where
we
are
where
we
know
now,
with
complete
Clarity
what
works
and
how
effective
it
really
is
to
have
this
model.
We
would
not
have
been
able
to
stand
up
192
units
in
a
matter
of
weeks
and
months
without
their
direct
daily
communication
with
us.
That
was
a
much
more
targeted
effort
designed
to
remove
and
and
address
a
crisis
of
encampment.
A
You
heard
43
tons
of
materials,
wood,
pallets,
propane
tanks
that
were
causing
fires
on
a
very
regular
basis.
The
fire
department
was
rushing
in
and
and
we
were
seeing,
the
safety
impacts
for
everyone
from
that,
and
so
we've
seen
what's
possible
when
the
city
and
the
state
really
collaborate
in
Boston.
A
We
need
to
see
the
same
level
of
collaboration
and
investment
in
cities
all
across
our
Commonwealth
as
well,
because
this
is
not
a
challenge
that
is
unique
to
Boston
I
hear
from
my
fellow
mayors
that
there
are
residents
and
Open
Spaces
that
other
communities
are
are
working
on
every
single
day
as
well.
So
we
need
this
to
be
a
part
of
the
conversation
that
we
are
all
having
together,
where
cities
can
truly
have
an
impact
and
where
the
state
government
in
various
systems
can
have
an
impact.
A
K
D
D
D
So
the
last
data
that
you
have
that's
actually
posted
on
boston.gov
is
from
May
of
this
year,
and
at
that
point
we
asked
people
where
was
their
last
permanent
address,
and
that
is
where
we're
getting
the
information
that
a
considerable
number
of
people
are
actually
residents
of
other
places
outside
of
Boston.
We
will
have
more
data
with
this
updated
survey
early
next
week
and
that'll
give
us
another
point
in
time
of
exactly
where
people
are
coming
from.
G
D
A
A
J
A
Think
I
have
a
figures
on
this
potentially,
but
in
terms
of
the
aho
program
on
a
regular
basis.
The
program
the
program
is
a
is
an
exchange,
so
the
goal
is
not
only
to
provide
sterile
hygienic
materials
that
will
will
stop
and
produce
a
spread
of
disease,
but
also
to
take
in
used
needles
so
that
they
are
not
ending
up
on
our
streets
and
so
on
a
regular
basis.
A
The
reality
is
that
this
is
a
a
an
illness,
a
medical
condition
that
individuals
are
living
with,
and
we
have
to
take
every
possible
step
from
providing
the
ability
and
stability
to
get
on
a
solid
footing
to
continue
accessing
treatment
and
services
to
focus
on
what
works
resource
that
and
like
other
cities
across
the
country.
Those
strategies
are
an
important
part
of
what
we
do.