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Well the city often cleans up these encampments, but they're the authorities--and whether you like it or not, that is another person's property. He's a narcissistic prick and besides, who wants to grab a handful of that filthy bedding from which you could get lice or bedbugs, or get stuck with a needle. Let the authorities do it.

You try to do a public service and they lock you up...

P N Dr Lo R says

Let the authorities do it.

Except they do diddly squat.

P N Dr Lo R says

Jogger caught throwing homeless man's belongings in lake arrested

So he volunteered to clean up, and litter at the same time. Should he be rewarded or punished?

In CA littering carries a heavy fine - $1000. Next time if you're caught littering, declare the trash you've thrown away to be your "belongings" thus avoiding the ticket.