San Jose’s Homeless Shuffled Along Tracks

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A man looks through bikes at a homeless encampment in San Jose. Many people removed from a camp known as the Jungle have tried to find other safe places to live as a community but keep getting moved. Photo by Leslie Griffy/KALW Crosscurrents

By Leslie Griffy/KALW Crosscurrents

The gravel edge of the railroad tracks that backs on to a warehouse was not the end of the line for Marshawn Lewis and his neighbors. In fact, they have already scattered.

But in mid-January, about 50 people had lived there for nearly three months. They slept in tents and makeshift shelters of tarps and cardboard boxes. The land became home after they were kicked out of a creekside San Jose homeless encampment known as the Jungle.

Read the complete story at KALW Crosscurrents. 

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