Study: At Least 500 Homeless People Died in Sacramento County in Past 10 Years

Study: At least 500 homeless people died in Sacramento County in past 10 years
More than 2,000 people are homeless in Sacramento County on any given night, according to “point in time” surveys conducted in recent years. … He suffered from depression and addiction, and his former wife believes he may have committed suicide …
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America Risks Wasting Fracking's Potential
That's down from $ 35 currently and $ 140 when the program began in 2000. … In the decade since the parties put politics aside to pass the No Child Left Behind Act, education policy has gone from pragmatic consensus to ideological division. … How …
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Obstructions in Halting NSA Surveillance
When? Where?, no evidence forthcoming), yet that criticism did not—and because of prior obstacles put in place, e.g., provisions of the Patriot Act, and much more, Congress itself always a step ahead in fostering repression, taking no chances, perhaps …
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The Sheriff's view
Therefore, our focus will be on topics such drug education and prevention, development of alternate programs for arrestees, more accessible rehabilitation treatment centers, along with the development of re-entry programs for those addicts who once …
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