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As homelessness surges in Disneyland’s shadow, Anaheim removes bus benches

Bax Baxter lights a cigarette as he stands along S. Harbor Blvd. across the street where a few dozen demonstrators and homeless advocates rally in solidarity with those experiencing homelessness and Disneyland workers struggling with poverty wages.

Bax Baxter lights a cigarette as he stands along S. Harbor Blvd. across the street where a few dozen demonstrators and homeless advocates rally in solidarity with those experiencing homelessness and Disneyland workers struggling with poverty wages.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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Homeless advocates protest outside Disneyland on July 14, 2017, over Anaheim’s removal of bus benches.

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

Visitors leaving Disneyland walk over slogans written in chalk by homeless advocates as part of a protest outside the park in Anaheim on Friday.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

Homeless activists hold up signs at the side of the street, right, as visitors leaving Disneyland flow by on the sidewalk Friday night.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

Bernice Jimenez of Long Beach joins a rally of homeless advocates outside Disneyland in Anaheum.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

A demonstrator makes a statement while sleeping at a rally of homeless advocates outside Disneyland n Amaheim on Friday night.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

A homeless advocate holds a sign across the street from Disneyland during a protest Friday night.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

Homeless advocates rally in Anaheim

A few demonstrators cross Disney Way with a crowd of people leaving Disneyland during a rally.

  (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

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