Homeless in the Park, I Think It Was the 4th of July

Two months after Newsom became the umpteenth Mayor to try and roust the homeless from the parks the Examiner checks on in to see how everything is going. The answer? Just swell says Recreation and Park Department General Manager Yomi Agunbiade. According to their stats, the city has torn down 380 encampments and placed 66 homeless people in housing and 33 have been given services. They also tallied who was in the park and discovered that the majority of them are between 18 and 34 and between 30 and 40 percent were from out of town.

Mayor McDreamy himself went to take a tour of the park and said the park was "looking good" and talked about how this is going to be an ongoing project. He also said he was thinking about creating a special police force to monitor the park and that's a good idea because we totally have extra cops lying around with nothing to do right now. Agunbiade said that after a 90 day trial period, they will check in and reevaluate everything to see how everything is going.

It's been awhile since we've been to the park so we have no idea how much better it is. We just know how bad it was (ever go biking through one of the park trails and make a wrong turn somewhere? Zoinks). Everyone interviewed in the story says things are looking better but all the people they interviewed would say that. So what do you think? Is the park better or worse these days?