Police arrest a woman in “the zone,” Phoenix, Az’s largest homeless encampment.

Two Phoenix police officers arrest a woman in the zone on a preliminary charge of trespassing. Phoenix Homeless Solutions officials spent Wednesday morning the same way they have every three weeks since May — clearing “the zone,” one block at a time. The city has cleared 11 blocks so far, with four to go. But now, they’re racing against a Nov. 4 deadline set by a Maricopa County judge.

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