SAN JOSE — A man’s body was found inside a recreational vehicle as the city was preparing to tow it away as part of a mass clearing of a Columbus Park encampment Monday morning, according to San Jose police.

As San Jose begins sweeping its largest homeless encampment in Columbus Park, people who have accepted offers of shelter will be safe from having their vehicles towed until space opens up.

As San Jose crews began clearing a homeless encampment Monday morning at Columbus Park, they found a man’s body inside an RV, police confirmed.