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“My dad had a house in Chico, so I had somewhere to go. A lot of people were living in tents at Walmart.”

On Santa Clara Street, city crews swept in Nov. 1 to clear out tents, belongings and piles of trash.

“We’re on the same page on that,” Bass said, suggesting the city could erect shipping containers or other modular units for more stable forms of housing rather than tent cities.

When Bedouin residents erected makeshift tents, the police ripped those down as well and threatened them with arrest.

“We need to grow the tent, not shrink it,” Garrett said.