L.A. needs to clear 9,800 encampments. But are homeless individuals finding housing?
Last month, Dennis Henriquez, a musician, found himself waking up in a doorway in East Hollywood. He was tucked behind a cardboard box, sheltered by a tarp for protection. As he carefully peeked out, he spotted several sanitation workers standing nearby, ready to undertake one of the city’s scheduled cleanings of the over 30 homeless […]
University Illegally Blocked Conservative Event While Pro-Palestinian Encampments Took Hold On Campus, Lawsuit Alleges
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has allowed anti-Israel protests to continue for weeks, but blocked a conservative lecture from being held on campus, a new lawsuit alleges. Young America Foundation (YAF) submitted In May, the school prevented a YAF branch from hosting a lecture titled “Everything You Know About Palestine is Wrong” by […]
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 […]
Bruce Pearl critiques ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampments’ on college campuses across America
Auburn University men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl has continued to voice his thoughts on an issue that has hit close to home over the past week: the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Columbia University will switch to mostly hybrid classes for the rest of the semester after the university's president was […]
Florida Legislature Reportedly Passes Bill To Prevent Public Homeless Encampments Unauthorized By The State
The Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would prohibit homeless people from camping in public places without permission from the state government, Click Orlando reports. of measurement It was approved after a sharply divided party split of 27 to 12. according to outlet. If passed, the law would reportedly require local governments to […]
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 […]
Limits on San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments upheld by 9th Circuit
A court order limiting the city of San Francisco's ability to remove people from street encampments who have nowhere else to go will remain in effect as long as the lawsuit continues, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenges […]
Homeless encampments would be torn down, people charged under Arizona Senate bill
David King is sleeping on the couch across the street. Human Service Campus I watch people go in and out of shelters on campus. A community of people suffering from the same problem of homelessness live in tents that line the streets surrounding the shelter. King said he lived on the streets and worked as […]
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 […]