Every UC Berkeley student has encountered unhoused people, either on the sidewalks just outside of campus or lying on benches and steam vents within campus itself. Homelessness is made all the more distasteful by its salience; students avoid eye contact with the man holding his hand out for money, or cross the street to avoid the person dragging their blanket through downtown. Homelessness is not a new issue in Berkeley. Over the past few decades, People’s Park  has become
