1.   And homeless advocates maintain that driving people out of from under freeway ramps will only force them into other public places and overcrowded shelters.

2.   Brother Paul, an attorney for the mission and other homeless advocates met that day with the chief of police and complained bitterly.

3.   But Brown accused the homeless advocates of staging the giveaway.

4.   But homeless advocates estimate that hundreds of homeless people chose not to go to shelters, which many complain are crowded and unsafe.

5.   But homeless advocates say the shelters are overcrowded and have a significant population that is mentally ill and drug dependent.

6.   But they file few formal complaints, saying they seldom have witnesses and are not taken seriously, the homeless advocates said.

7.   Critic says homeless advocates should be have been included in talks and criticizes probable city effort.

8.   Despite the use of government-speak in describing the living conditions of the homeless, it is a serious question that troubles homeless advocates and Los Angeles officials.

9.   Even homeless advocates knew their clients who frequented the towers, and illegal immigrants had family who knew where they worked.

10.   Holder said the police, working with homeless advocates and community groups, will develop a new policy for dealing with nuisance crimes, hopefully within the next month.