When Jonathan Montanez, 37, sees yellow flashing lights and guys in orange shirts, he knows he must gather his stuff quickly.
“I surely don’t want to be out here, and I know my wife doesn’t want to be out here,” he says standing on a parched slice of land nestled by Interstate 5.
Montanez has been homeless for seven years and, for the last year, has been living on state property near freeways with his wife, Alyssa Gonzalez, 27, and their dog Diesel. He says state clean-up crews routinely push them out, but the couple usually finds another spot along the freeway…