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In a city where poverty rates are at historic highs, the homeless population living in tents along the sidewalks could soon be forced to leave.
A collection of so-called 'tent cities' have sprouted up in San Francisco and nearby areas, with a single street housing as many as 250 people. But the tents they stay in could be taken by police and they'd be forced to leave within 24 hours, if a new law passes this November.
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Proposition Q would allow city employees or officers to give encampment residents 24-hour notice to leave. They would offer to hold a person's possessions for up to 90 days and "homeless services" such as a bus ticket out of town or a stay at the local shelter, according to the bill. But the shelter's provided only if there's room, and overcrowding's common. Read more...
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