The City of San Diego began enforcing its homeless encampment ban just over one month ago. "We see a lot of tent areas," said Mike who lives downtown. He walks his dog around Petco Park every day and CBS 8 asked if he's noticed a difference since the city began enforcing the encampment ban on July 31. "I would say some areas are cleaned up but then three or four days later the people are back or different groups are back," he said. Homeless advocates fear criminalizing homelessness only makes it worse. "All we're doing is moving people from one sidewalk to another. People aren't getting help because there's not enough help available. On average there are about 25 shelter beds available every day for the thousands and thousands of people," said Michael McConnell, a homeless advocate. The San Diego Police Department says non-law enforcement outreach talks with people and offers them shelter and if this doesn't work then officers will make contact. MORE: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/san-diegos-encampment-ban-leads-to-citations-in-first-month/509-81c32302-184c-4df0-a511-af212aa17fa8