Just a Thought:  It (the tent community) is either going to stay there . . . or not.  Right?

To not stay there, everyone just has to get mad at each other, then (a) one temper will flare and cause the police to be called or (b) someone will get hurt and cause the councilmen to step up, to be noble, and to save everyone else in the tent community from their own "ignorance of the danger they're in" (i.e., shuffle the tents to a gym for a while, then disband it when the press dies down).

To stay, doesn't the tent community have to (a) know (not necessarily show and push it in someone's face) that they have a legal right to be camping on the property, (b)  address the fear (and possibly naive-fear) of the community of naysayers, and (c) become part of the larger community (a tribe (neighborhood) within a larger tribe (city/town))?

There is a big, big bunch of stories there - I bet that people would be interested to read about them every week . . . and I bet that would help Letters B and C just above.  

Know any Advanced Placement English High School Students - that'd be something - Learning about life from "kids".