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The court's three liberals said they were wary of giving cities a broad and unchecked power to use arrests and fines to punish homeless people who are sleeping outside. "Sleeping is a biological ...
The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, ruled on ideological lines last month that civil and criminal penalties for camping in public areas are not cruel and unusual punishments ...
Some California cities see an opportunity to enforce ordinances. The ruling holds that state and local governments may enact total bans on encampments. Some California cities see an opportunity to ...
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 Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, is expected to release a decision by the end of June. Supreme Court skeptical of laws against unhoused people camping. California ...
Boise, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that city officials in Boise, Idaho, could not enforce an anti-camping ordinance whenever its homeless population exceeds the number of available beds in its homeless shelters. Since the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to this case in 2019, it became binding precedent within the ...
The state has spent more than $20 billion on housing and homelessness programs since the 2018-19 fiscal year but still has more than 180,000 homeless people. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to weigh in.
The Supreme Court's ruling Friday gives cities in California and the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and public property.