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City to hold community meeting addressing North Palm Springs homeless center

The City of Palm Springs is holding a community meeting on Thursday to address residents’ concerns regarding a homeless services center in the north end of the city. Some neighbors living near the proposed site of the center worry it will bring increased crime and substance abuse issues to their part of town.  A motivated […]

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