(Photo by Gelani Banks via Unsplash)

In order to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in its cities’ homeless population, Contra Costa County is delivering sanitation stations to encampments.

Last week, Contra Costa Health Services delivered four portable toilets with attached hand-washing stations to the Waterfront Amphitheater in Martinez.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.