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TexasTowelie

(120,777 posts) Tue May 13, 2025, 12:56 AM Tuesday

Newsom calls for homeless camps to be cleared across California - NBC News

California Governor Gavin Newsom has called on local leaders to move more people off the streets and into shelters in order to ban homeless encampments across the state. NBC News' David Noriega explains the proposed plan as California continues to have the highest homeless population in the country.

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one wonders how many street people prefer the street to shelters that are offered. nt msongs Tuesday #1

There aren't enough shelters, so where are they supposed to go? Bulldozing their camps just causes more diane in sf Tuesday #2

msongs

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1. one wonders how many street people prefer the street to shelters that are offered. nt

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Tue May 13, 2025, 12:57 AM

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diane in sf

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2. There aren't enough shelters, so where are they supposed to go? Bulldozing their camps just causes more

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Tue May 13, 2025, 01:11 AM

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misery. One person here was killed when a bulldozer ran over his tent and crushed him.

I’d like to see places where they are allowed to camp, not right on top of residential neighbourhoods, with bathrooms, laundry facilities, medical and social services, garbage collection, and security.

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