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Church urges city response after homeless deaths

CBS 42 Birmingham - Tue Feb 9, 10:34 pm ET

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Homeless advocates are urging Birmingham officials to renew efforts to end chronic homelessness after two homeless people died on recent cold nights downtown. Officials with the Church of the Reconcilor are leading the push. The church has planned a memorial service Thursday for 51-year-old Lisa Coburn, who died in a tent Jan. 19 at a homeless camp, and for Jimmy "Pops ...