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Oakland approves rules to restrict homeless encampments

by Olga R. Rodriguez
| October 22, 2020 12:03 AM

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — City officials in Oakland approved a contentious new policy that will prohibit homeless people from setting up tents in parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches in the city that has seen a recent spike in the homeless population.

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