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The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on July 26 passed an emergency ordinance quintupling the fine for illegal camping in the Big Sur area from $200 to $1,000 per day, effective immediately.
That language would be removed, allowing a person camping illegally on a sidewalk, roadside, in a park or other public property to be fined and subject to arrest even if there are no emergency ...
A person could be fined up to $250 for camping illegally under the law. It also states that property owners can use force to remove someone who is camped on private property. The bill is stalled ...
In this case, the punishments of fines, temporary bans from entering public property, and one-month jail sentences are viewed as neither cruel nor unusual. Second, while Robinson v. California prohibited criminalizing statuses, Grants Pass's anti-camping ordinances are interpreted as neutrally applied, regardless of one's housing status. [13]
Martin v. Boise (full case name Robert Martin, Lawrence Lee Smith, Robert Anderson, Janet F. Bell, Pamela S. Hawkes, and Basil E. Humphrey v.City of Boise) was a 2018 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit regarding anti-camping ordinances targeting homeless people, effectively overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2024.
The city’s ordinance is punishable up to a year in county jail – or a $1,000 fine no homeless person can afford to pay – but guess what? There’s hardly room at the jail, either.
The Oregon Department of Transportation placed large boulders in several locations to discourage illegal camping near freeways. [36] Anti-homeless spikes were installed in London, England, and New York City in order to make homeless activity more difficult. [33] [37] Anti-homeless architecture is a common tactic in major cities. Local ...
A homeless man sets up his tent near downtown Fresno. Both Fresno County and the city of Fresno introduced ordinances in late July and early August 2024 banning camping on streets, sidewalks parks ...