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The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a California appeals court ruling that found such laws ...
In 2020, a federal judge in Oregon ruled that due to the lack of shelter, fining and arresting homeless people for sleeping outside with makeshift bedding violated the Eighth Amendment. In 2022 ...
The order comes a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces. In many cities, the homeless population far exceeds the number of shelter ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies Thursday to start removing homeless encampments on state land in his boldest action yet following a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments, a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces.
More cities in California are criminalize sleeping outside, even when there are no homeless shelters in town. ... they can go without breaking the law." Dani Rodriguez, 48, has been homeless in ...
Officials across the political spectrum — from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in California, which has nearly 30% of the nation’s homeless population, to a group of 22 conservative-led states — have filed briefs in the case, saying lower court rulings have hamstrung their ability to deal with encampments.
California has the highest percentage of unsheltered homeless people among all U.S. states, with two-thirds of its homeless population sleeping on the streets, in encampments, or in their cars. [ 1 ] : 8 Nearly one in four homeless people in the U.S., and 45% of unsheltered homeless people, live in California. [ 1 ]