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Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:09 PM Sep 2017

(San Diego) Homeless cleared out, city expands sidewalk washing

Hundreds of homeless people have been evicted from several downtown San Diego streets that once were lined with tents in recent days as the city ramps up efforts to curb a hepatitis A outbreak that has left 17 people dead.

While those people have been displaced, plans are underway to open the first city-sanctioned homeless camp in a parking lot off of 20th and B streets.

The city also began power-washing sidewalks with bleach in more neighborhoods on Wednesday as part of its multi-pronged effort to try to stop the hepatitis A outbreak.

As of Wednesday morning, rows of tents that had become a common sight around 17th and 16th streets near Imperial Avenue east of downtown were gone, and the whereabouts of the people who had lived in them was unclear.

More at link:
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/homelessness/sd-me-homeless-eviction-20170927-story.html

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(San Diego) Homeless cleared out, city expands sidewalk washing (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 OP
Our daughter lives in San Diego Greybnk48 Sep 2017 #1

Greybnk48

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1. Our daughter lives in San Diego
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:25 PM
Sep 2017

and she has been telling us about this. She's in the East Village (14th street) and has to step over people on the sidewalk sleeping to get to work. That's not healthy for them or anyone and she feels helpless and depressed every day having to walk on by a human having to live like that. I'm hoping the neighborhood people will not allow the city to mistreat the homeless.

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