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The only Fresno shelter for people escaping domestic violence has to turn some away – now they’re on the streets

Domestic violence and homelessness often intersect. In fact, it’s common for one to lead to the other. But in Fresno County – which has one of the highest rates of DV calls to law enforcement in California – only one shelter exclusively serves people facing both. The Marjaree Mason Center, a short-term shelter that aims to help people into long-term housing, is a boxy building in a quiet subdivision. It has 40 individual rooms…