Sacramento Closes Tent City

American Voicesbusiness ISSUE 45•13 Mar 27, 2009

The city of Sacramento, CA is going to add more beds to homeless shelters to accomodate the 150 people currently living in from an encampment a mile outside the city. What do you think?

  • “Good. In these dire economic times, the last thing the homeless should be doing is going camping.”

    Leah Pittsley –
    Systems Analyst

  • “If my hard-earned tax money is going towards those beds, my family and I deserve to spend at least one night in a shelter.”

    Gary Hemp –
    Clerk

  • “Oh, are they finally clearing out Stockton then? Sorry, it's a Sacramento thing.”

    Ken King –
    Plumber

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