Clint Washington sat on a bench near Sacramento City Hall earlier this month, patiently waiting for a safe place to sleep.
Once his phone showed 9 p.m., Washington, 52, started his short walk to the building’s wall. There, he set up his sleeping arrangements — a gray blanket for warmth, bags of clothes for pillows and an episode of Magnum P.I. to put him to sleep.
He leaves the premises by 6 a.m. each morning, a schedule he’s maintained for four years, as allowed by the city law…