Eviction chronology

6:20 a.m. – Police begin to arrive at “Camp Serene Freedom” on West Riverside to enforce park order for protest campers to leave.

7 a.m. – Park maintenance manager Taylor Bressler passes out notices to campers, who are given one hour to vacate.

7:30 a.m. – Mayor Jim West holds press conference and says he will sign transient shelter ordinance.

7:45 a.m. – Encampment leader Dave Bilsland gets a walkie-talkie page from a fellow camper.

“I don’t know what they’re planning, but there’s an ambulance waiting,” radios the camper.

That’s standard procedure for the police, answers Bilsland: “They don’t know what’s going on. We’re a big question mark to them, too.”

8 a.m. – Campers start removing makeshift shelters, tents, belongings. Several make sure others have phone numbers at the ready if they need to get bailed out of jail.

8:10 a.m. – Bilsland retreats to his domed pack tent to await arrest. A city truck arrives, and two employees begin picking up trash, tarps, blankets and other items left on the park land.

8:20 a.m. – Police officer walks among remaining campers, offering to help remove their belongings. One officer offers to help Bilsland gather his property. “Actually, I’m planning on staying,” he answers.

8:32 a.m. – Rob McCann from Catholic Charities persuades Bilsland to leave, avoiding arrest.

8:42 a.m. – Fire engine No. 4 arrives on emergency medical call. Camper Joseph Day reported having a panic attack but was OK.

8:46 a.m. – McCann talks to camper Scott Stanger, who stepped in for Bilsland to await arrest.

8:55 a.m. – Camp cleared of all tents, belongings and refuse.

9 a.m. – Sprinklers come on.

9:02 a.m. – Camper Charles Clemons takes a shower over a broken sprinkler head.

9:10 a.m. – Park crew fires up power equipment and begins to work on lawn.

9:12 a.m. – Stanger leaves the island, the last camper to end the protest.