A Month After SCOTUS Decision, Newsom Issues Order Targeting Unhoused People

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued an executive action this week ordering the removal of unhoused people across the state from encampments they’ve been living in, empowering cities to enforce laws that bar people from sleeping outside in public places. Newsom did so after the Supreme Court ruled last month that such ordinances do not violate the Constitution’s Eighth Amendment ban on…

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