Federal judge visits O.C. homeless camps

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter, center, is flanked by Brooke Weitzman, left, an attorney with the Santa Ana-based Elder Law & Disability Rights Center, and Marianne Van Riper, senior assistant county counsel, as they survey a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter takes photos at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter, center, surveys a large encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

Judge David O. Carter, center, photographs some of the trash and debris strewn across a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

Judge David O. Carter greets Shane Allen, 36, a fellow Marine veteran, at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

Judge David O. Carter, left, and Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer talk as they walk through a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter takes photos at a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River in Anaheim.