What happens if a homeless person abandons or misplaces his accumulated j--... sorry, we mean his personal property, those articles typically pushed around in a stolen supermarket cart?* What happens if a homeless person An individual who lacks housing, including one whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations; an individual who is a resident in transitional housing; or an individual who has as a primary residence a abandons or misplaces his accumulated j--... sorry, we mean his personal property, those articles typically pushed around in a stolen supermarket cart? (Those carts, by the way, cost supermarkets around $100 each.) Well, in the city of Berkeley, Calif., those articles, together with the cart, are carefully stored away in a refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. container. The container cost $8,200. It sits on land leased for $12,300 a year. It is refrigerated to discourage vermin vermin /ver·min/ (ver´min) 1. an external animal parasite. 2. such parasites collectively.ver´minous ver·min n. pl. . The refrigerating re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. power costs $3,000 a year. The city faces a $7.5 million deficit this year. But look, this is Berkeley. Let city deputy public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. director Patrick Keilch elucidate. Mr. Keilch: "Being Berkeley, we're pretty tolerant and we bend over backward. What's the phrase? 'Walk a mile in my shoes.'" While pushing a stolen shopping cart? Mr. Keilch adds that the city spends about $100,000 annually for two people to clean up debris that homeless people leave in public areas. Ah, Berkeley! If you didn't exist, would we have to invent you? |
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