River cleanup ousts homeless The ongoing South Umpqua River Cleanup recently ran into some difficulty. The area they planned to clean up was inhabited by homeless people who had sought out that space to escape the scrutiny and judgment they are routinely subjected to when in more visible parts of town. But the cleanup crew was not deterred. They moved people out no less swiftly and efficiently than they moved downed branches and trash. When they were unable to persuade the people living there to voluntarily abandon their makeshift homes, the cleanup crew simply called law enforcement to conduct the …