City leaders cite a growing number of emergency calls — more than 850 in the past year from three established encampments in St. Paul. Signs created to protest the planned sweep of the Pig's Eye Park encampment are displayed in St. Paul on Thursday. In a break from the last several years of policy, St. Paul will aim to prevent encampments of more than a few tents from forming. Now, St. Paul aims to clear the other two established encampments before the winter sets in. St. Paul City Council member Cheniqua Johnson, left, listens to a speaker during a council meeting on Jan. 10, 2024.