The Faces Behind Contra Costa’s Annual Homeless Count

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A homeless man sits at his encampment in Contra Costa County, where volunteers warned of a rainstorm that could flood the canal under the overpass where he was situated. Photo by Ericka Cruz Guevarra/KQED

By Ericka Cruz Guevarra, The California Report/KQED News Fix

The last time it rained, Jarrett Keesling watched from under a bridge as the canal in front of his tent encampment rose past the pillars that held up a small overpass.

“I tend to hunker us down,” said Keesling, who’s 30 and lives in a tent with his dog, Douja, and his friend, Kelly Lengele. “I’m pretty good at MacGyvering us a shelter. When this thing floods, I sit right here and watch it.”

Read the complete story at The California Report/KQED News Fix.
 

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