The body of man found in VR as Crews Clear San Jose Camp

While the crews of San Jose began to clean a homeless camp on Monday morning in Columbus Park, they I found a man’s body inside a VRconfirmed the police.

The cause of the death is unknown, but the friends of man think that he was stressed and distraught by the scanning and the prospect of not having a place to go.

Two women who knew the man entered his motorhome on Monday morning and found the man dead on his bed. The authorities say that there is no obvious sign of trauma.

No official identification has been published, but friends told NBC Bay Area that his name was Octavio and that he was about 45 years old. They also said that he had taken a truck to earn a living and recently spent $ 7,000 on his motorhome.

“He was good, but he was sick, but no one seems to worry about it, you know,” said Sergio Valence, a friend. “Once they told him that he was moving, he started doing really, really bad. He started stress.”

City workers on Monday morning began to clean the trash bitch the large home camp at Columbus Park.

The city had published an opinion that at 7 a.m. on Monday, anyone who stayed at the park would be invited to leave because the park is dangerous and the park unusable. But at 11 am, there was no sign that people left or were forced to go out.

The mayor’s office Matt Mahan has published a media opinion.

“In the coming weeks, residents who are currently living in the park will have the opportunity to switch to hundreds of newly available shelters. Those who refuse to come inside will be cleared from the site because it becomes an area without a camp in preparation for the catering. ”

A man by the name of Frank, who has lived with his dog in a motorhome in Columbus Park since last year, says that he feels safe there because he can lock his motorhome at night and fall asleep.

His alternative, he said, would be a tent, streets, sleeping in front of a 7-Eleven or something else. Frank said he would accept a accommodation bed if it was offered.

City workers were also in the park to raise awareness to see how they can help residents of the camp. The city has reserved motel rooms for transitional accommodation. But the mayor’s office says that only 42 motel rooms were available on Monday.

There are more than 300 people living in the park.

The city says that it plans to open nearly 400 homes in the next four weeks.