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Voters in a California city weigh taxing vacant properties to help ease homelessness

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

Oct 11, 2018

If the Oakland measure is approved, it would be the state's first such tax.

Homeless advocate Candice Elder checks in with Dorothy Smith at an encampment in Oakland in August. Smith, who raised her children in the city, said her disability benefits are not enough to afford housing.

Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED

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