Barbara Anderson, The Fresno Bee https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/barbara-anderson-the-fresno-bee/rss en Economics Mon, 02 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Barbara Anderson, The Fresno Bee https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2015/11/02/homeless-camp-outside-mendota-grows-in-drought https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/articles/2015/11/02/homeless-camp-outside-mendota-grows-in-drought FRESNO BEE: Westlands Water District has been told to get rid of a camp that has mushroomed on its land. Officials say a “direct correlation” is likely between drought and the explosion in size of the camp, which is composed mostly of homeless farmworkers who struggle to find work in drought times.