The city allows this because of El Niño, even though they've been there for awhile now. They need to be out of the rain, but after that they need to go somewhere else. Isn't this the group that intimidated the news reporter, and there is reported drug use and unsafe for any passerby. But because they are homeless they have the right to break the laws.

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