City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Homeless Tents in San Francisco Down By 60% According To New City Count

October 10, 2024 1:20 pmOctober 10, 2024 1:20 pm

The City and County of San Francisco announced on Thursday that the number of homeless tents in the city fell by 60% since the last count in July 2023, marking the fewest number of tents in the city since 2018....

Long Beach Becomes Latest City Clearing Out Homeless Encampments

August 19, 2024 12:09 pmAugust 19, 2024 5:01 pm

Long Beach officials confirmed over the weekend that they would be complying with Governor Gavin Newsom’s homeless encampment removal executive order issued last month and would begin removing homeless encampments across the city this week, becoming the latest city in...

SF Mayor Breed And Homelessness: What Her Crackdown On Encampments Will Look Like

July 23, 2024 12:24 pmJuly 23, 2024 12:24 pm

In a Mayoral election debate last week, San Francisco Mayor London Breed vowed to combat homelessness in the city soon. Specifically, she noted that she will be targeting homeless encampments beginning in August. “The problem is not going to be...

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg Issues Feeble Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Homeless Camp Bans

July 8, 2024 1:00 pmJuly 9, 2024 8:37 am

In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which found that local laws limiting encampments on public land does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for local civil and criminal...

From the Cheap Seats: Liberating Local Government

July 8, 2024 6:32 amJuly 8, 2024 10:19 am

A recent decision of the United States Supreme Court has important implications for localities in California trying to address the problem of homelessness. With a 6-3 majority in the case of City of Grants Pass v. Johnson the high court...

LA Homeless Report Finds City Has Been Actively Making People Lose Shelter

July 6, 2024 2:25 amJuly 6, 2024 2:26 am

A new report unveiled at the Los Angeles City Council meeting earlier this week found that the city impounded 555 vehicles in which homeless people lived in while only offering shelter to 186 in the pat two years, going directly...

San Francisco and The Grants Pass Ruling: Where The City And Mayoral Candidates Stand

July 1, 2024 1:43 pmJuly 2, 2024 10:29 am

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. According to the ruling, local laws limiting encampments on public land does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for local civil and criminal...