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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    North and South Orange County fight over homelessness

    The fight over how to house the homeless continues in Orange County. A federal judge has ordered cities there to figure out where to put hundreds of homeless people kicked out of the Santa Ana riverbed a few weeks back.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 4, 2018 • 1 min read

    The fight over how to house the homeless continues in Orange County. A federal judge has ordered cities there to figure out where to put hundreds of homeless people kicked out of the Santa Ana riverbed a few weeks back. There was a plan to create tent shelters in three cities in the OC, but those cities rebelled, and now the judge is threatening to take further action.

    Anne Cheney lives in the Civic Center encampment,

    which is being moved this week. Photo: Saul Gonzalez

    Santa Ana Civic Center homelessness encampment. Photo: Saul Gonzalez

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      Madeleine Brand

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      Saul Gonzalez

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    Inside the business of home abortions
    1. 0:00Sanctuary politics in Orange County
    2. 8:38North and South Orange County fight over homelessnessYou’re reading this
    3. 17:18What we know about the woman who opened fire at YouTube headquarters
    4. 22:52The growing network of underground home abortion providers
    5. 40:57How much did it cost the Saudi Crown Prince to book an entire hotel in LA?
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