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Where Housing, Not Jails, Is the Answer to Homelessness

Where Housing, Not Jails, Is the Answer to Homelessness

Update: 2020-11-092
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In California, so-called quality of life laws criminalize panhandling, living in cars, and blocking sidewalks. Reporter Sarah McClure chronicles how arresting homeless individuals entangles them in a cycle of poverty and incarceration—and how three groups are breaking the cycle.

This episode talks about some troubling details, which involve gun violence. Some listeners may find it disturbing. 

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Where Housing, Not Jails, Is the Answer to Homelessness

Where Housing, Not Jails, Is the Answer to Homelessness

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