TENTS, BELONGINGS, AND SOME SAY THEIR PETS DISAPPEARED. >> Reporter: THERE IS NO HOLIDAY ATMOSPHERE HERE ALONG BRANHAM LANE IN SAN JOSE. SEVERAL SMALL ENCAMPMENTS WERE SWEPT OUT TODAY LEAVING PREVIOUS INHABITANTS IN LIMBO BUT MANY NEIGHBORS RELIEVED. CREWS AND MACHINERY SWEPT INTO A LONG-STANDING HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT ON CALTRANS PROPERTY IN SOUTH SAN JOSE THIS MORNING, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT 30 OR SO RESIDENTS DID NOT TAKE WITH THEM GOT LEVELED AND DUMPED. >> THEY SAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SAVE OUR STUFF FOR 30 DAYS. DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SAVING OUR STUFF FOR 30 DAYS? NO, IT DOESN'T. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP US. THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO HELP US. THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL US. >> Reporter: PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE ENCAMPMENTS SAY THEY LOST SHELTERS, PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AND EVEN THEIR PET CATS. >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE CATS ARE. THERE'S A MOMMA AND THREE OF HER KITTENS. >> THEY WERE INSIDE THE TENT? >> YEAH. AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY WERE BECAUSE SINCE IT'S BEEN HOT LATELY THEY GO IN AND OUT. >> Reporter: HOW DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY MOVE WHEN IT'S OVER 100 DEGREES? >> Reporter: ADVOCATE SEAN CARTRIGHT OF THE UNHOUSED RESPONSE GROUP SAYS THE SWEEPS ARE TRAUMATIC AND WITH NO PLACE TO GO FOR THOSE UPROOTED IT'S A WASTE OF GOVERNMENT MONEY. >> IF YOU SAVED THAT MONEY, IT WOULD BE A MUCH BETTER USE OF MONEY. >> Reporter: A CALTRANS SPOKESPERSON SAID THE AGENCY FOLLOWED PROPER PROTOCOL BY POSTING THE ABATEMENT NOTICE 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE AND THAT THE CITY WAS ON HAND TO RECOMMEND RESOURCES TO THOSE AFFECTED. CALTRANS ALSO EMPHASIZED IT DOES NOT REMOVE ANIMALS. ONE NEIGHBOR WHO ASKED NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED SAID THE SWEEP WAS A RELIEF BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE CALLED ONGOING PROBLEMS OF LOITERING, TRESPASSING AND THEFT. >> I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. YOU CAN'T JUST SWEEP THEM UP AND PUT THEM SOMEWHERE, BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE A DESIGNATED PLACE BECAUSE BEING ON THE SIDE OF A RESIDENCE IS NOT GOOD. >> WITH THIS ENCAMPMENT COMPLETELY GONE, OTHER NEIGHBORS WE TALKED TO AGREED BUT WERE MORE CYNICAL SAYING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SWEPT OUT TODAY DO HAVE A PLACE TO GO, BACK HERE WITHIN A WEEK OR
