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From the ❤️: “good trouble” imagery, end of the line? A California judge recently ruled that there’s “no constitutional right to housing,” consequently the government (Caltrans) could move forward with sweeping 200 people from a Bay Area encampment. Caltrans has cleared 1,262 homeless camps in California since September 2021, averaging 100 camps cleared a month. “Sweeps” are on the rise in California. A sweep is the forced cleanup and disbanding of homeless encampments on public property and the removal of both homeless individuals and their property from that area. Justification for the sweeps invariably rests on concerns for public safety, fire prevention, and/or health risks. Unfortunately, sweeps are like whack-a-mole. The homeless swept from one area move to another area. California’s railroad tracks are now lined with men and women sleeping in tents or under cardboard boxes. Sweeps are a significant factor for the number of homeless living along Sacramento railroad tracks. Photos: 1) tanker train/Sacramento skyline, 2) Rico lives next to the tracks, 3 & 4) homeless men on Sacramento tracks, 5) red alert. The power of photography, observed photojournalist Gordon Parks, is that the camera can be used as a weapon against injustice. Everyone has a name. Everyone has a story. Everybody counts or nobody counts. “Sooner or later we all discover that kindness is the only strength there is,” Father Greg Boyle. #mercypedalers #loavesfishes #encounterchurch_sacramento #showupsac #sacramento #California #photojournalism #street-photography #asmallactofkindness #streetlife #meanstreets #survival #homelessness #gratitude #socialjustice #poverty #streetportraits #politics #environment #compassion #hope #hardtimes #justice #916 #railroads #trains #railway #rail #traintracks #fujilove