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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump admin talks about moving California's homeless into federally-backed facilities

    The Trump administration is talking about removing tent encampments and putting homeless people in Los Angeles and other west coast cities into government-run facilities.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 11, 2019 • 1 min read

    The Trump administration is talking about removing tent encampments and putting homeless people in Los Angeles and other west coast cities into government-run facilities. Administration officials came to LA this week to get a close look at who would be put into those facilities. Andy Bales, chief executive of the Union Rescue Mission, was on tour with the officials.

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      Andy Bales

      Union Rescue Mission

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Trump says he wants to help California's homeless
    1. 0:00California's 'gig worker' bill: Who will it help and hurt?
    2. 14:03Trump admin talks about moving California's homeless into federally-backed facilitiesYou’re reading this
    3. 22:47How 9/11 unfolded, moment by moment
    4. 38:18What's behind the White Claw craze?
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