Those costs went to cover sanitation, engineering, maintenance and repairs, park rangers, police, firefighters and homeless outreach.

Close to a hundred people gathered Monday for the funeral of Cornelius Taylor, who died during a homeless encampment sweep in January.

Homeless and disability rights advocates saw it as a rare victory for Sacramento’s most vulnerable residents. The city called it a “failed experiment” — and swept the encampment.

A man was killed in a “tragic accident” blocks from Ebenezer Baptist Church when an Atlanta Public Works vehicle was clearing an encampment and crushed him to death.

On Monday, the Atlanta City Council made notable changes to how the city approaches homelessness and specifically how it conducts encampment clearings.

Council voted hours after the family of Cornelius Taylor chanted for change outside City Hall. It's now up to Mayor Andre Dickens to sign or veto the legislation.

The Atlanta City Council approved legislation at its Feb. 3 meeting to create a homelessness task force and to pause the use of heavy machinery during sweeps of encampments. The measures come in the wake of the Jan.