As homeless population grows, Lancaster officials want to shut down public transit station

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As homeless population grows, Lancaster officials want to shut down public transit station

City leaders in Lancaster claim that the number of homeless in the city grows by the day because homeless people arrive from neighboring cities by hopping metro trains. Officials are now moving to shut down the only public transit station linking Lancaster and LA.

The Red, Purple, Blue and Expo Lines meet at 7th Street/Metro Center Station in Downtown L.A.

City leaders in Lancaster claim that the number of homeless in the city grows by the day because homeless people arrive from neighboring cities by hopping metro trains. Officials are now moving to shut down the only public transit station linking Lancaster and LA.

The Antelope Valley, about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles, is home to about 12 percent of the county's homeless population.

City leaders in Lancaster claim that number grows by the day because homeless people arrive from neighboring cities by hopping metro trains.

From the California Report from San Francisco Public radio station KQED, reporter Steven Cuevas says the city wants to shut down this apparent surge by shutting down the only public transit station linking Lancaster and LA.