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A Home By Any Other Name

A Home By Any Other Name

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Homelessness may be California’s most intractable problem. Over the past decades, encampments have begun to feel like a permanent part of the California landscape. To many housed Californians, they are eyesores, but these communities provide their residents very tangible benefits: watchful neighbors, mutual aid networks, and a sense of belonging.

This month on Radio Pacific, we have three different stories, from three different communities, from three different cities around the Bay Area – all facing the same issue: people in power deciding they can no longer be there. First, a tent encampment on the side of I-80 in Berkeley. Second, an RV community in San Francisco. And third, a group living on derelict boats off the coast of Saulsalito.


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