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  • Brian Contreras of Second Chance Family and Youth Services explains some of the parameters of the $500,000 Project Safe Neighborhoods grant the organization received from the US Department of Justice.
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  • In the front lobby of the Chinatown Health Services Center in Salinas, Nathaniel Ashlin, 11, folds a dollar bill into various shapes as his mother Joan Sassman looks on.
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  • While waiting for a shower at the Chinatown Health Services Center in Salinas, Joan Sassman makes a call, and her son Nathaniel Ashlin, 11, folds a dollar bill into various shapes. By all accounts, Nathaniel is an excellent student.
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  • Nathaniel Ashlin, 11, has a laugh with his mom Joan Sassman as they wait for a shower at the Chinatown Health Services Center in Salinas. Nathaniel took the day off from school to be with his mom, who wasn't feeling well.
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  • A regular in need of services works on his laptop at the First United Methodist Church in Salinas, California. Volunteers from the community drive a program that provides meals, counseling resources and occasional shelter to people in need.
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  • A painting by Jose Ortiz on the walls of Second Chance's main office emphasizes the vital importance of family in the overall health of the community.  The organization's outreach includes counseling, drug education programs, parenting workshops and other assistance in service to at-risk youth.
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  • Volunteer Daniela Mejia quietly checks for occupants in a vehicle on the street during the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Volunteers Daniela Mejia and Michelle B. check a fence during the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Volunteer Daniela Mejia check ger census tract map during the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Volunteers check out with materials they need for the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Volunteers check in to the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Christina Connery, left, and a volunteer coordinate at the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Christina Connery, left, goes over census tract maps with volunteers at the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Christina Connery, left, conducts training for volunteers at the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey conducted by the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • An unprecedented joint effort between Dorothy's Place staff, CSUMB's Service Learning Institute and a number of dedicated volunteers helped allay resident's anxiety prior to a City of Salinas sweep of the Chinatown homeless encampments in the Soledad Street area. Packing materials were gathered weeks in advance of the regular cleanup, and at first light teams of volunteers woke people up, offering coffee, breakfast, and moving supplies such as boxes and large plastic containers to the needy. In an innovative move, CSUMB's fenced area next to the Chinatown Community Learning Center was designated a secure belongings zone for the day, manned by a check-in system, enabling residents to reclaim their possessions at the end of the day. Food and music was planned for later in the day inside the Chinatown Community Gardens. This well-organized plan made a noticeable difference to everyone. Residents were more prepared for the event, and that made the city's effort to ensure cleanliness in the area less traumatic.
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  • Flora Cristobal, left, holds a cross with the name of her son Rodolfo, who was a victim of violence. Rodolfo's sister Cristina wears a shirt with her brother's photograph on it - on the right is her sister Barbara. On Sunday in Closter Park, the group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County.
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  • A shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe along Mohar Street in East Salinas. Despite the best efforts of city programs and community policing, the working-class area around Acosta Plaza where Second Chance is located has been troubled by gang violence.
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  • The intersection of Sanborn Road and Laurel Avenue in East Salinas. The area near Acosta Plaza has been troubled by sporadic gang violence, despite the best efforts of city programs and church congregations.
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  • East Salinas has been troubled by sporadic gang violence, and the working-class area of Acosta Plaza where Second Chance is located is no exception. The United Methodist Church of East Salinas appeals for peace.
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  • East Salinas has been troubled by sporadic gang violence, and the working-class area of Acosta Plaza where Second Chance is located is no exception. The United Methodist Church of East Salinas appeals for peace.
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  • East Salinas has been troubled by sporadic gang violence, and the working-class area of Acosta Plaza where Second Chance is located is no exception.
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  • Kevin Hernandez, 8, sporting a black eye, and friends have a safe place to play thanks to the Breadbox Recreation Center, a City of Salinas facility. The same building houses Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Jared Lersh, watches over some of the regulars at the Breadbox Recreation Center, a non-traditional space for youth at 745 North Sanborn Road in Salinas. The same building houses Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Family and friends pray at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • Gabriela Valencia takes time to remember at a somber dedication ceremony last November. The memorial in Closter Park is for victims of violence in Monterey County, and the plaque on the stone declares it “a living memorial to our loved ones lost to violence,” one whose aim is “to bring hope, peace, love, comfort, and healing.”
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  • Margarita Rios, left, and her husband Gregorio, from Seaside at a mid-November dedication ceremony at Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” unveiled a memorial to victims of violence in Monterey County. Their nephew, Juan Guillen, of Salinas, was one.
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  • The area near Acosta Plaza in East Salinas has been troubled by sporadic gang violence, despite the best efforts of city programs and church congregations.
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  • Christmas decorations in Second Chance's office in the Breadbox Recreation Center, a City of Salinas facility shared with the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Bright posters line the entrance to Second Chance's office in the Breadbox Recreation Center, a City of Salinas facility shared with the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Parents and friends pray at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • Photographs of loved ones lost to violence at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • Crosses mark the names of the dead at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • 18 year-old Eduardo Rucobo comes to the Breadbox Recreation Center to have a safe, wholesome place to play that is off the streets. A City of Salinas facility, the building is shared by Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • From left, Christian Miranda,11, Elmer Hernandez, 10 Jakob Marotta, 11, and Natalie Plancarte, 13, make good use of a sunny afternoon behind the building housing Second Chance and the Breadbox Recreation Center in Salinas.
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  • From left, Kevin Hernandez, 8, and Hugo Barraza, 10, have a safe place to play thanks to the Breadbox Recreation Center, a City of Salinas facility. The same building houses Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • Lionela Rivera of Second Chance, left center, runs an after-school art program in the Breadbox Recreation Center, a non-traditional space for youth at 745 North Sanborn Road in Salinas. Brianna Sandoval, 11, lower left, and 10 year-old Chanelle Plancarte, standing, are regulars at the Breadbox.
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  • Children play in a tree near the intersection of Sanborn Road and Laurel Avenue in East Salinas. The area near Acosta Plaza has been troubled by sporadic gang violence.
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  • Skateboard parking at the Breadbox Recreation Center, a non-traditional safe space for youth at 745 North Sanborn Road in Salinas.
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  • Gregorio Rios, from Seaside, holds a cross with his nephew’s name on it at a mid-November dedication ceremony at Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” unveiled a memorial to victims of violence in Monterey County.
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  • Parents and family stand quietly at a somber mid-November ceremony in Closter Park in Salinas. The group “A Time for Grieving and Healing” led by Debbie Aguilar unveiled a memorial to the numerous victims of violence in Monterey County since 1988.
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  • Kids enjoy the computer center at the Breadbox Recreation Center, a non-traditional safe place for kids to play after school and on weekends. A City of Salinas facility, the building is shared by Second Chance and the Alisal Center for Fine Arts.
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  • A shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe along Mohar Street in East Salinas. Despite the best efforts of city programs and community policing, the working-class area around Acosta Plaza where Second Chance is located has been troubled by gang violence.
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  • Nathaniel Ashlin, 11, shows off his Pokemon cards at the warming shelter in Salinas. He is there with his mom Joan Sassman.
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  • Shoes for Adalasia are a must near the concrete. Victoria and Ricardo are loving parents, and do their best.
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  • New affordable housing looms behind tents of the homeless in an alley off Market Way in Salinas.
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  • Homeless advocate Rita Acosta talks about her tenuous living situation by her former room at the Star Motel on North Main Street in Salinas.
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  • Sixty-nine year-old Maria Guadalupe Lozano, on Thursday, January 31st, just before authorities, in a sweep of the area, removed ninety percent of her possessions from the doorway she occupied on Soledad Street.
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  • Marlen Garcia, 7, gives her mom a kiss as Brisa Garcia, 12, stands by outside the warming shelter at 20 W. Market St. in Salinas.
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  • While her sisters play outside in the parking lot, Jenifer Garcia, 5, hides in the car behind her favorite toy.
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  • Perched on the middle bench of their van, Adalasia gets a morning change of clothes.
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  • Ricardo and Victoria park near the Exxon station's recycling center on N. Main St. in Salinas.
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  • Ricardo Zamudio takes the family's recycling for redemption at the Exxon station on N. Main St. in Salinas.
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  • Daniela Mejia makes a quick note on her hand as she looks for encampments during the survey in Salinas.
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  • Michelle B. checks for homeless residents along a freeway embankment during the survey.
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  • Daniela Mejia checks her forms for accuracy during the 2017 Point-In-Time Homeless Count and Survey in Salinas early Wednesday morning, Jan. 25th.
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  • Volunteers Michelle B. and Daniela Mejia point out an encampment that had been cleared out the previous week.
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  • Daniela Mejia goes over her forms during Wednesday's survey.
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  • A agricultural worker from Puebla, Mexico, now out of work until the spring, survives the winter in this Salinas lot by the railroad tracks.
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  • Homeless now for two months straight, a Mexican agricultural worker in Salinas makes the wait for seasonal ag employment count by cobbling together bicycles and selling metal.
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  • Mobile homes were subject to towing by the city of Salinas as it made a sweep of homeless encampments on Thursday, March 24th in the Market Way area of Chinatown.
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  • A Chinatown resident moves what possessions he can during a sweep by the city of Salinas of homeless encampments in the Market Way area.
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  • An disconsolate elderly resident sits as workers hired by the city clean up Market Way in a sweep of homeless encampments in Chinatown.
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  • Under police guard on roped-off streets, workers hired by the city of Salinas clean out homeless encampments on Thursday, March 24th in the Market Way area of Chinatown.
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  • Diana Soto, center, is distraught after losing her RV on Thursday to towing by the city of Salinas. Friends are helping take care of her pets. On Thursday morning, March 24th, under police guard, contractors began to clean out homeless encampments in the Market Way area of Chinatown.
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  • Under police guard and roped-off streets, workers hired by the city of Salinas clean out homeless encampments in the Market Way area of Chinatown.
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  • Protesters and Chinatown residents block Soledad Street from trucks commissioned by the city to clean up the area on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016.
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  • American flags along Market Way in the Chinatown area of Salinas on March 8, 2016.
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  • Looking toward Soledad St. on Market Way in the Chinatown area of Salinas on March 8, 2016.
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  • Seen with a long lens from Pajaro Street and Market in Salinas, "The Forgotten" is at least thirty feet long and was installed by art group C3 using a scissor jack.
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  • From left, homeless advocates William Silas, Van Gresham, attorney Anthony Prince, Frank Alvarado Sr. (holding sign) Elizabeth Madrigal, and Wes White in front of City Hall Tuesday.
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  • A relative of a homeless Chinatown resident tries to make what he can out of a collapsed structure on Market Way in Salinas.
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  • Soledad St. resident William Silas, 65, who has formally asked the city for a public forum on homelessness in Salinas.
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  • From the top of a landscaping truck, Monday's scene at 38 Soledad St. in Salinas' Chinatown.
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  • Fencing along the back of 38 Soledad St, target of a clearance action by the city of Salinas on Monday, October 5th, 2015.
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  • A scene of confusion and abject misery on Monday morning in Salinas' Chinatown, as private contractors hired by the city of Salinas clear out the possessions of homeless people residing on the property of 38 Soledad St.
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  • Residents exit the area in advance of Monday's eviction at 38 Soledad St. in Salinas.
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  • Homeless residents of Chinatown whose tents were on the front lot and alley next to 38 Soledad St., a private property, were evicted on Monday morning, October 5th by contractors hired by the city of Salinas. While their living conditions were clearly a public health hazard, no accommodation is apparently being made for their possessions or future place to live.
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  • Residents stand in the lot in front of 38 Soledad St. on Sunday morning in Salinas.
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  • The building and front lot at 38 Soledad St. in Salinas, seen on Sunday morning, October 4th, before residents on the property were evicted and a fence put up.
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  • Guide Diana Soto and volunteer Javier Celedon walk the drainage areas close to Hwy 101 and W. Laurel Avenue in Salinas during Wednesday's homeless census.
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  • John Connery of Applied Survey Research helps pair up street count teams in the early hours of Wednesday's “2015 Homeless Point-in-Time Census and Survey."
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  • Volunteer Javier Celedon and guide Diana Soto make notes on encampments alond Sherwood Drive during Wednesday's “2015 Homeless Point-in-Time Census and Survey."
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  • Guide Diana Soto's jacket and flashlight during Wednesday's “2015 Homeless Point-in-Time Census and Survey."
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  • Items at a homeless encampment in Sherwood Park, identified by guide Diana Soto and volunteer Javier Celedon during Wednesday's “2015 Homeless Point-in-Time Census and Survey."
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  • Soledad Street residents Shorty Soto, right, and her sister Diana were displaced during Thursday morning's sweep of Chinatown by the city of Salinas. Diana is holding Ashley, mother of little Teacup.
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  • Carol Hernandez checks in CSUMB's Tyler Gidney regarding her temporary storage during Thursday's sweep of Chinatown homeless encampments by the city of Salinas. The 4' by 4' box on the sidewalk outlines how much each resident can store.
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  • A child's bike left behind at a now-empty homeless camp along Natividad Creek in north Salinas. Monterey County officials gave homeless thirty days to clear the area.
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  • Monterey County officials explain how evictions occurred at a now-empty homeless camp along Natividad Creek in north Salinas. Homeless were given thirty days to clear the area.
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  • A grave, probably for a loved pet, at a now-empty homeless camp along Natividad Creek in north Salinas. Monterey County officials gave homeless thirty days to clear the area.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
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  • Josh Holland in his Lake Street room from the second floor of a hotel. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for this tiny room with shared facilities down the hall.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
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  • Josh Holland at his Lake St. residence. Before the sweep, he and his partner were part of the Tents By The Gardens homeless community that had both sanitation and security. While he is grateful to be inside, he is the exception - they pay around $400 for a tiny room with shared facilities.
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  • The current location of Tents by the Gardens, a homeless community, as seen from the roof of the Buddhist Temple of Salinas. In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
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  • Salinas city workers remove encampments of the homeless early on Thursday, January 31st along Soledad Street. Ample warning had been given by authorities, but a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
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  • "Shorty," in the doorway she has occupied in front of the Victory Mission on Soledad Street. On Thursday, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing all encampments on the street.
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  • In a meeting on Saturday at the Soledad Community Learning Center, concerned parties discussed where in the neighborhood Soledad Street’s homeless population can go after the City of Salinas sweeps the area on Thursday, January 31st.
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  • On Thursday, January 31st, 2013, Salinas city workers, health officials and police conducted an early morning sweep of the Chinatown homeless population, removing encampments on the street and in lots between buildings all along Soledad Street. Although ample warning had been given by authorities, a number of homeless were displaced and have now scattered across the city. A fencing company moved in right behind the city’s workers, digging postholes, and erecting chain link fencing in sections. Using a front loader, unclaimed possessions were taken away and disposed of over the course of three hours, leaving many people standing about on the street with nowhere to go.
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