Paying political supporters on the backs of the "unhoused".-----Revealed: how companies made $100m clearing California homeless camps | California | The Guardian

Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across the state – and unhoused people allege poor treatment  - Brian Barth 

"On an October morning, a small army arrived to evict Rudy Ortega from his home in the Crash Zone, an encampment located near the end of the airport runway in San Jose, California, Silicon Valley’s largest city.
As jets roared overhead, garbage trucks and police squad cars encircled Ortega’s hand-built shelter. Heavy machinery operators stood by for the signal to bulldoze Ortega’s camp...

The camp, one of the largest in California, was cleared between 2021 and 2023 in part by a private company named Tucker Construction. 

• Public spending on private sweep contractors is soaring across California.

In total, private firms have been paid at least $100m to clear homeless camps...