No More Tents for Occupy SD

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Occupy San Diego protesters cannot bring any more tents into the Civic Center concourse
By Sarah Grieco
| Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 | Updated 12:55 PM PDT

As the tent city of Occupy San Diego reached nearly 100 units, the city's fire marshal said no more.

The fire marshal visited the site following the death of a man who fell from a nearby parking structure. He told organizers that further tent assembly was prohibited for safety reasons.

Event organizers said initially they were worried the group might be evicted since the group’s number has increased during its five days of encampment. But so far, police are allowing the protesters to stay.

“We’ve had a number of people coming in … now they’re sleeping on the ground,” said event organizer Jordan Hammond ...

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