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"Jeannie went to jail this morning for not leaving camp. Many stayed at SafeGround Pilgrimage church last night. No church tonight" ~ [bit.ly/wsQqzz]
This past week Jeannie and Eli [bit.ly/AzJIik] were arrested in Sacramento for being homeless. They lived along with about 125 other homeless people in an organized tent community called Safe Ground [www.safegroundsac.org]
Jeannie worked as an in-home nurse. She lost her job and her place to live on the same day. Since April she has been living in a tent in Sacramento.
Kind of ironic Jeannie talks about the city council changes needed and the prospects of Sacramento allowing the campers to have a place to live is only days before they were forced to move.
The old hippie in me loves the self-governing tent city model, but really the only reason a tent community even exists is because homeless services have failed to provide adequate support.
What are your thoughts on this controversial issue?
Special thanks to Safe Ground www.safegroundsac.org
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