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Photos: Washing San Francisco’s homeless away

February 14, 2014 4:42PM ET

The city’s Department of Public Works leaves downtown streets clean, but homeless say they have no place to go

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In San Francisco, a crew from the Department of Public Works has been cleaning down the sidewalk in the Mid-Market area most nights in an effort to deal with the effects of local homelessness. Mark Richards for Al Jazeera America
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A homeless man says to a sanitation worker, “This ain’t cool, man,” after some tents were removed from the sidewalk. Mark Richards for Al Jazeera America
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A city employee waters a part of the sidewalk that has already been cleared out. Mark Richards for Al Jazeera America
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A homeless man watches as people's tents are taken away in an alley a few blocks from Twitter headquarters. Mark Richards for Al Jazeera America
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An infirm homeless man relocates minutes before a water truck comes by to hose down his place on the sidewalk. Mark Richards for Al Jazeera America

 

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