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I believe that relocating the homeless people to a homeless shelter is a good idea. I believe that moving the homeless is a good idea because there will be many cameras broadcasting this event on live television in the city of San Francisco,and those specific people who are going to be watching the Super Bowl event live from their TV do not want to see random homeless people in the streets or by a bus stop sleeping.In the article by Alison Vekshin, ”San Francisco nudges homeless away from the Super Bowl fan village” it says “In recent weeks, San Francisco has sent workers to the Embarcadero to help the homeless find shelter somewhere other than Super Bowl City.” When the article stated that they were sending workers to help relocate the homeless,

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