SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The City of San Rafael , with lots of help from Marin County and the state, have acquired a property which they say will go from a truly decent temporary shelter to truly affordable permanent housing. This could be a model for the nation if neighbors accept it.

One success story

"Today I am housed and living in my own apartment in San Rafael," said Alicia Owens, a once broken person, who used to live in squalor along San Rafael Mahon Creek; an encampment now removed. "I was very fragile and I did not trust anybody. I was hurt, I was experiencing trauma," said Owens,

But, with relentless concern, Lynn Murphy of the San Rafael Police Department and with the city's homeless service team, Owens is well on the path to a real future. "Eventually, I accepted the help,"

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