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Agreement Lets San Jose Clean Up Caltrans Property
San Jose is cleaning up state-owned land in an attempt to keep freeway underpasses free of homeless encampments.

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San Jose is cleaning up state-owned land in an attempt to keep freeway underpasses free of homeless encampments.

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