Worth highlighting, probably:

> As for why he intervened in the first place, he emphasized, "She wasn't doing anything illegal whatsoever."

> All he could do, he said, is ask her not to store her property near the business. He said Anderson told him that she wanted to go to San Francisco, and he made that happen. It was a "good faith effort to help her get somewhere she wanted to, just like we would for any other person," he added.

Sounds as well like the city allows for some degree of discretionary spending in situations like these. Of course, it can be not a great look, given the history of shipping of undesirable types to other jurisdictions.