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Orange County public works move homeless in Anaheim to begin maintenance

Jennifer Herbst, 31, who is two months pregnant, and fiance John Arispe, 62, are overwhelmed by heat and exhaustion after being evicted Monday from their encampment next to the Honda Center in Anaheim. The couple, who have been homeless for a month, were waiting for homeless outreach volunteers and a moving truck donated by The Rock Anaheim church to move their belongings across the Santa Ana River.

Jennifer Herbst, 31, who is two months pregnant, and fiance John Arispe, 62, are overwhelmed by heat and exhaustion after being evicted Monday from their encampment next to the Honda Center in Anaheim. The couple, who have been homeless for a month, were waiting for homeless outreach volunteers and a moving truck donated by The Rock Anaheim church to move their belongings across the Santa Ana River.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Last week, officials from the county’s public works and healthcare agency departments began alerting transients along the Santa Ana riverbed in Anaheim that maintenance was to begin Monday, meaning they had to find somewhere else to stay.

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An Orange County sheriff’s deputy checks on a homeless woman after an altercation Monday. County Public Works employees cleaned up an encampment in Anaheim, evicting homeless people who lived along the Santa Ana River.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Homeless outreach volunteer John Lewis, right, and Mohammed Aly, executive director of OC Poverty Alleviation Coalition, put a homeless person’s belongings into a moving truck Monday after county workers cleared out an encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Dozens of homeless people set up camp on the opposite side of the Santa Ana River after being evicted Monday from their encampment next to the Honda Center in Anaheim.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Orange County Public Works employees clean up on Monday as homeless people are evicted from their encampment near the Santa Ana River in Anaheim. Homeless outreach volunteers and a moving truck donated by The Rock Anaheim church helped move their belongings across the Santa Ana River.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Gregory Moter, 65, who has been homeless for 12 years, rests in his tent Monday before he and others are evicted from their encampment next to the Honda Center in Anaheim.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Gregory Moter, 65, who has been homeless for 12 years, showers outside his tent before he and others are evicted Monday from their encampment next to the Honda Center in Anaheim.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Homeless outreach volunteer Bruce Creel, left, of Saddleback Church, hugs Pastor Donald Dermit while Mohammed Aly, right, executive director of OC Poverty Alleviation Coalition, loads a moving truck.

  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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