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November 24, 2009

California Man Jailed For Illegally Housing the Homeless
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In California, a 66-year-old man was jailed on Monday after being
accused of illegally housing homeless people on his ranch in San Luis
Obispo. For the past eight years, Dan De Vaul has run a sober-living
center for about 30 homeless people on his 72-acre ranch. In September a
jury convicted him of two misdemeanor violations of building and safety
codes at his ranch. De Vaul was offered probation but he refused the
terms. De Vaul said QUOTE “I’m proud to go to jail for housing the
homeless.”



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