Oxnard homeless encampment

Pit bulls at one of the residences stare at the group trying to help members of a homeless encampment on 5th Street in Oxnard before it is cleaned out.

Social workers and volunteers gather outside the entrance to the Oxnard homeless encampment before entering to hand out bags for packing personal items and let the residents know that the encampment will be cleaned.

Two people head down dirt steps to a homeless residence in an encampment in Oxnard to hand out bags for packing personal items and let the residents know that the encampment will be cleaned out.

Community services manager for Oxnard and Ventura Peter Brown, left, hands information to Maria DuPre, 53, who has cared for her disabled husband in the Oxnard homeless encampment since October.

Carrie Sadler, 53, holds the information sheet given to her by authorities outside her residence in the homeless encampment.

Some of the debris in the homeless encampment.