Eight people who have been living at San Diego’s safe sleeping camp sites for the homeless allege in a new lawsuit that they face “inaccessible and inhumane conditions” at the sites.

The camps, they say in a complaint filed Monday, lack adequate food, fail to provide proper shelter from the elements and are uninhabitable for people with disabilities.

The complaint in San Diego federal court seeks a court-ordered remedy for the allegedly poor conditions at two safe sleeping lots near Balboa Park.

The lawsuit names the city of San Diego as a defendant, along with Dreams for Change and the Downtown San Diego Partnership, which help operate the lots.

“These camps, operating under the Orwellian name of the `Safe Sleeping Program,’ are anything but safe for its residents,” the complaint stat

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