Thank you for this post. Sacramento's tent city is now famous thanks to Lisa Ling/ Oprah- who covered the issue back in February during a one hour show on homelessness. Her attention caused our Mayor to finally pay attention, and open a new shelter for the homeless. The tent city was promptly shut down weeks after the show. Just last week, the "new" shelter was closed to lack of funding. All those people? Back on the streets, forming new tent cities which will likely get shut down again.

Same vicious cycle. You'd think more people around here would be supporting a different solution. So far, governed/established tent cities are only talk. I hope to see more action.