Tag: City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
Long Beach Becomes Latest City Clearing Out Homeless Encampments
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
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
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
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
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
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...