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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Oakland homeless camp resembles a developing country's slum

    The High Street homeless encampment in Oakland is a sprawling slum next to a Home Depot parking lot. There are tarps and tents as far as the eye can see.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 17, 2019 • 1 min read

    The High Street homeless encampment in Oakland is a sprawling slum next to a Home Depot parking lot. There are tarps and tents as far as the eye can see. A United Nations official toured it recently and said it looked like shantytowns in Delhi, India. A hundred or so people live there, in shacks or trailers cobbled together from stuff found in dumpsters. There are no toilets, running water or electricity. We speak with journalist Thomas Fuller, who spent three months documenting the conditions at this camp.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Digital News & Culture Editor

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      Thomas Fuller

      San Francisco bureau chief for The New York Times

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Rachel Rossi on why she should become LA District Attorney
    1. 0:00Oakland homeless camp resembles a developing country's slumYou’re reading this
    2. 12:05Ocean acidity off California coast is decimating marine life
    3. 17:12Former public defender Rachel Rossi wants to become LA District Attorney
    4. 29:33How to be an adult: UC Berkeley undergrads teach new class
    5. 36:03Hallmark Channel struggles to diversify
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