When we got home I tried to find online where I could contact the county somehow regarding the situation, but lost patience with that. They fought constantly, yelling profanities all day and all night.

It was just out of control, there was (no exaggeration) 15 of them living by the restrooms. We got to watch the cops and ambulance waste their time on a drunken elbow scrape. The cops came one time, and only because one of them fell and scraped his elbow. We heard the homeless fighting, the entire 4 days that we were there. We spent the Thanksgiving vacation there last year, and we Stayed at the Casa Blanca on the beach just so we could have our room right on the beach and listen to the waves. But the last 3-4 times we have been there, we have been overwhelmed with the amount of homeless, and not just there presence, but their obnoxiousness. But reason being is the homeless activity. As much as we love coming here, the past couple times we have agreed that we wont be coming back. I love Capitola, but shops and stores are all shutting down around 6. Most coastal towns close down really early. We like that we can enjoy the beach during the day, and then still have something to do at night. It has the beach, the food, downtown, and it doesn't all close down at 6PM. It holds a bit of sentimentality for us, as well as just being a nice place to go all around.

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