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Alastair Boone

This interview aired in the October 6, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.

Cities around the Bay Area have been debating how to handle people camping in public places or living in RVs. Right now, Oakland is in the midst of dramatically changing its homelessness policy. The new proposal was put forth by District 7 Council member Ken Houston. Last month there was a public meeting about his proposal and it was highly emotional — it lasted seven hours. Over 90 people made

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