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A mobile bathroom trailer, trash cleanup and other goals to address Gainesville’s homeless issue

Mike Fisher, Ninth District Opportunity housing/program planner, speaks with people at a homeless encampment Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (Provided by Mike Fisher)

01192021 HOMELESS — Mike Fisher, Ninth District Opportunity housing/program planner, speaks with people at a homeless encampment Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. (Provided by Mike Fisher)

Toward the end of his law enforcement career, Joe Amerling became friends with a man who bounced between Good News at Noon and living in a tent.