Authorities have cleared a homeless encampment at a state beach in Los Angeles, as California takes a tougher approach to homeless people sleeping in public spaces, following a Supreme Court ruling and a directive from the governor.

Tents are reportedly growing at Dockweiler State Beach, located behind Los Angeles International Airport and maintained and patrolled by city and county officials.

Residents have voiced their frustration and fears about the encampment in recent months, and this week city park rangers posted more than 30 notices about an upcoming sweep, ABC7 reported. On Thursday, yellow garbage trucks rolled onto the beach, accompanied by county workers and police in an operation organized by L.A. City Councilwoman Traci Park and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.

James Kingston, 63, was among those forced to leave the camp at Dockweiler. He said he lived on the beach because of the amount of cans and bottles he could collect for money on weekends.

In the six years he’s been homeless, Kingston has been subjected to multiple cleanups and was unimpressed by this one. Some people left as soon as the police arrived, while others watched as the authorities sealed off their tents.

“You just take your important stuff and everything else has to go,” Kingston said. “You just have to let it go, because that’s what it is.”

The sweep at Dockweiler comes after California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing state agencies to remove homeless encampments on public lands. His action followed a June Supreme Court ruling that allows cities to criminalize homeless people sleeping outdoors, even if no shelter is available.

Newsom has called on cities and counties to do the same — though they are not legally required to do so — and this month threatened to cut off state funding to municipalities he says are not doing enough to clear the encampments.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles County officials oppose the governor’s approach, saying criminalizing homelessness or clearing out encampments without providing services or shelter doesn’t work.

Homelessness has risen dramatically in the U.S. in recent years. In LA County, more than 75,000 people were homeless on any given night, according to a count at the beginning of the year, while there are only about 23,000 emergency shelter beds in the county.