Supreme Court empowers cities to ban homeless encampments

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Supreme Court rules cities may enforce laws against homeless encampments

Washington – The Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities in California and the West can enforce laws regulating homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property. In a 6-3 decision, the justices The 9th Circuit disagreed. A court has ruled that San Francisco's ban on homeless people sleeping on the streets and in parks is […]

Supreme Court to rule on homeless encampments in California

Washington – The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether homeless people have a constitutional right to camp on public land when they have nowhere else to sleep. The court will review the decision on appeals from California and Western city governments. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Decisionargued that it is cruel and unusual punishment […]

Homeless encampments would be torn down under Senate bill

David King sits on his couch near the Human Services Campus in Phoenix on March 1, 2023, with a Bible in his hands. (Photo by Logan Camden/Crokite News) People walk past tarps, cloth, and tents set up as temporary living spaces on West Madison Street in “The Zone,” an area around the Human Services Campus […]