The Marin County Board of Supervisors is a step closer to moving unhoused people living in a large, controversial encampment into permanent housing.

The encampment sits along Binford Road, a county-maintained road parallel to U.S. Highway 101 just north of Novato. It is bordered by a protected open space preserve. Parked RVs and other vehicles flank the shoulders of a 2-mile stretch of the road through the area which unhoused residents are currently calling home. The ragtag encampment has also become a lightning rod for national pundits critical of California’s response to homelessness, as it sits in the state’s wealthiest county.

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Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.