CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : BERKELEY : City-Run Camps for Homeless Studied
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The city of Berkeley is developing a plan to set up “urban campsites” on vacant lots so homeless people can get off the streets and sleep in pup tents at city-run camps. Under the proposal, which must be approved by the City Council, authorities would supervise the camps, limit the number inhabitants and provide sanitation facilities. Officials hope to avoid problems that arose five years ago when police broke up a homeless encampment after a double killing, a fire and drunken brawls.
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