The fence was, unfortunately, necessary. The activities at that location made it unsafe. The 'residents' waded through traffic to the corner store for booze adding to the risk that someone was going to get hit in a drug or alcohol induced stupor. No one felt safe walking along that sidewalk. I saw a woman jogging along there yesterday, free from having to dodge trash and people. If there are children living under the bridge, then City/County social services should be working with them first to get them in a stable situation. Its no place for children. Continued stacking of the homeless under the bridge means that the folks trying to use the horseshoe pits and basketball courts are going to go somewhere else and that will just exacerbate the problem. Isn't that why the skate park was built? More activities, less issues, supposedly.  Just because its Whiteaker doesn't mean its ok to let this dangerous situation continue. There are beds at the mission, they chose not to use them.