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Sweeps Contractors & Camping Ban Proponents

A listing of major individuals & organizations involved in attempts to terrorize & displace the city’s unhoused population. While Prop B has passed, one could still take action against those who pushed for it, as they are agents in the broader trend of displacement and class war in the city.

  • Matt Mackowiak: [See Here For Info]
    • A tireless advocate for the criminalization and misery of unhoused people, Mackowiak has made it his personal mission as president of the Travis County Republican Party to disappear and displace as many poor Austin residents as possible.
  • Save Austin Now HQ/GOP Office: 807 Brazos St
  • Mackenzie Kelly:
    • Office: 10401 Anderson Mill Rd, 78750.
  • See a full list of SAN donors here, including details on their employers. Useful particularly for noting the companies whose executives are pushing for this policy: https://diegoolano.com/propb/san.html
    • A more detailed document with some more info about donors available here (not as comprehensive as the above link): http://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=359068
    • This list contains both individual and corporate donations. Many individuals also list the businesses or companies they work at or own.
  • Ken Casaday, President of the Austin Police Association & Director of Save Austin Now: [See Here For Info]
    • See details about previous actions people took against Ken Casaday: https://austinautonomedia.noblogs.org/apa-president-scared/
  • Austin Police Association Building: 5817 Wilcab Rd #7, Austin, TX 78721
    • The Austin Police Association is APD’s police union, which has advanced a lot of reactionary copaganda and had involvement in campaigns such as the push to recriminalize camping. Note–Their website lists their board of directors meetings: https://www.austinpolice.com/
  • Sweeps Contractors:
    • Relief Enterprise–The main contractor for sweeps conducted by the City of Austin.
      • Main Office: 6448 US-290 East, Suite E11, Austin, TX 78723
      • Vehicle Lot: 13802 Turbine Dr, Austin, TX 78728 (in the same lot as Mastercast Inc. Stucco & Masonry Supply)
      • Steven Bush, Sweeps Crew Leader: [See Here For Info]
    • EPSI–a contractor that previously worked on the sweeps led by the State of Texas, guarded by DPS. Once the State handed off the task fully to the City, after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Relief Enterprise has taken over where EPSI left off.
      • 7710 Rialto Blvd #100, Austin, TX 78735