As the John Deere vehicles loaded the remaining items of Sacramento's Tent City into large garbage trucks Thursday, an observer could easily think that campers' belongings were getting hauled away along with garbage. But at least two homeless campers said the police and cleanup crews were not throwing out their belongings.

Carol Davis, who lived at the Tent City, was sitting near the site Thursday. She said no one took her belongings from her. Asked about the items being hauled into garbage trucks, Davis replied that the items left at the site were trash.

Thom Dickens lives at a campsite near Tent City. He said police "haven't taken nothing from me yet."

Sacramento police said the process of removing the campsite and directing people to leave was "peaceful."