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1. Little Rock, Arkansas
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11. Sarasota, Florida
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2. Atlanta, Georgia
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12. Key West, Florida
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3. Cincinnati, Ohio
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13. Nashville, Tennessee
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4. Las Vegas, Nevada
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14. Berkeley, California
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5. Gainesville, Florida
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15. Dallas, Texas
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6. New York City, New York
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16. Fresno, California
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7. Los Angeles, California
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17. San Antonio, Texas
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8. San Francisco, California
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18. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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9. Honolulu, Hawaii
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19. St. Paul, Minnesota
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10. Austin, Texas
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20. Manchester, New Hampshire
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1. California
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2. Florida
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3. Hawaii
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4. Texas
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Criteria for Selection of the Meanest Cities
1. Number of anti-homeless laws in that city. (See
Prohibited Conduct Chart.)
2. Enforcement and severity of penalties.
3. General political climate toward homeless people
in that city.
4. Local activist(s) or organization(s) supported
the "meanest" designation
5. The city was surveyed or studied in this report
and has a history of criminalization.
6. Criminalizing legislation is pending or enacted
in that city.
Full
report in .pdf form | Introduction
| Background | Methodology
| Problem Statement/Consequences of Criminalization
| Model Programs | Conclusions
& Recommendations | The Cities Included
in this Report | Meanest Cities | Narratives
of the Meanest Cities | Narratives of the
Other Cities | Prohibited Conduct Chart
| Survey Questions | Incident
Report Form: English & Incident Report
Form: Spanish | Sources
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