On Wednesday morning, Oakland leaders gathered to hear a new proposal to solve homelessness that immediately drew backlash.

Outside City Hall, homeless activists were protesting what was going on inside. At a special meeting of the city's public safety committee, Councilmember Ken Houston was presenting his proposal for a new Encampment Abatement Policy. But first he displayed current pictures from his old neighborhood of homeless RVs and junk blocking the sidewalks.

"This is where I grew up. This is where my mother raised me. This is where I walked to school every day. Every day. And it did not look like this. We did not have to deal with this," said Houston. "Someone has to take a bold stand. We cannot keep living in this condition, and we cannot continue to let individuals live in thi

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