The Supreme Court says cities can punish people for sleeping in public places – NPR

A race to the bottom? How are cities and towns more likely to react: 1) Invest in affordable housing and homeless shelters, or 2) Encourage homeless people to move somewhere else through punitive laws like camping bans? What’s easier? Cheaper?

Supreme Court decision upholding sweeps of homeless camps reverberates locally – Press Democrat

“Local homeless advocates greet SCOTUS ruling with dismay, government officials say it gives them another ‘tool’ to address unsanctioned encampments”

Happy days in wine country…

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