Anchorage Police and city agencies started cleaning homeless camps in Russian Jack North. Residents received notices and ...

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said he expects calls will go up — at least initially — now that the Anchorage Assembly has passed an ordinance that criminalizes camping in certain areas of the city.

The Anchorage Assembly passed a new law making it a crime to camp in certain parts of the municipality. The goal is to crack down on entrenched camps, the city says, that are unsafe for the folks ...