It’s interesting how stories come together. Today on the Channel 4 News you saw our report on “Tent City” in Ontario, the city block near the airport that’s been set up as a refuge for the city’s homeless. But that’s the kicker: the CITY’S homeless. Problem is, more and more people from outside the City of Ontario (and outside California for that matter) are moving in. So now the city is coming in and bull-dozing it down.

There were some very angry people out there this morning, as you can imagine. Some yelled curse words at us. Others understood our reasoning for being there: to tell their stories.

Ontario City gave Tent City residents until 8am today to move out of the main square. We watched as bulldozers came in and tore down the abandoned tents, cleared out the garbage and sweeped up what’s left of a growing home for the homeless. In 30 days, according to the city, Tent City will re-open; enclosed in a fence, set up on a grid, similar to a campsite, and ready for ONTARIO’S homeless. People will have to enroll for 90-day renewable “tickets” to get inside, thus weeding out anyone who is not from Ontario. The expected number of homeless to live in the new area is 170.

One of the folks we spoke with made an interesting comment: commit a crime in Ontario and you get to stay in the county jail; don’t commit a crime and just be homeless and they force you out of town. Does that make sense?