St. Paul approves plan for unsheltered residents

The St. Paul City Council presented a plan Wednesday for how it wants the city and its partners to respond to the needs of unsheltered residents, including those who live at two long-standing encampments that the mayor’s administration plans to close.

Their resolution comes two and a half months after Mayor Kaohly Her directed the clearing of the Pig’s Eye Park encampment, a move that triggered an exodus of residents to relocate to a wooded encampment near Shepard Road that has more than tripled in size.

Ahead of the unanimous resolution vote, council member Hwa Jeong Kim said her brother-in-law lives outside and was last known to be at Pig’s Eye. But after the August closure, her family has been unable to contact him.

“Everyone can agree what we’re doi...