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Oroville leaders hear calls to support mobile hygiene program serving unhoused residents
Summary
Pastor Kevin Thompson and organizers of the Haven of Hope on Wheels presented the program to the Oroville City Council on Jan. 21, seeking a formal partnership and support to expand mobile hygiene services to three locations in Oroville.
Pastor Kevin Thompson and organizers of the Haven of Hope on Wheels presented the program to the Oroville City Council on Jan. 21, seeking a formal partnership and support to expand mobile hygiene services to three locations in Oroville.
Council members and dozens of public speakers described the program as an on-the-ground service that provides showers, laundry and wraparound referrals to people experiencing homelessness. Presenters asked the city to help the nonprofit identify sustainable funding and partnership options rather than for an immediate guaranteed city subsidy.
The City Council opened the meeting to a long sequence of public comments from program volunteers, partner agencies and people…
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