NPR: Sprawling Homeless Camps — Modern ‘Hoovervilles’ — Vex California

Santa Rosa in Sonoma County has experienced a long lasting growing predicament of homelessness. The growing number of encampments in the county evoke shantytown “Hoovervilles.” With a sixteen percent increase in the state’s homeless population, California is reported to have the largest number of “tent cities. ” For more information, click here.