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california-homeless-population-oakland-wood-street-encampment-78d42cc3

California Spent $17 Billion on Homelessness. It's Not Working.

The Wood Street encampment for years drew people with nowhere to
live, until a fire made finding a solution an urgent--and
frustrating--task

LaTreasha McCoy was among the residents of the Wood Street encampment
who faced eviction last summer.
LaTreasha McCoy was among the residents of the Wood Street encampment
who faced eviction last summer.
By Christine Mai-Duc
and Jim Carlton
| Photographs by Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2023 12:01 am ET

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OAKLAND, Calif.--City firefighters arrived midmorning at a homeless 
camp on Wood Street to quell a fire spreading across a tinderbox
landscape of discarded furniture, debris, abandoned cars and
dwellings fashioned from tents, tarps and plywood. 

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