Homeless camp decision forthcoming from Supreme Court

Justices uphold ordinances regulating public homeless encampments

A divided Supreme Court on June 28, 2024 overturned a lower court decision which held that local government ordinances regulating homeless encampments in ...

Supreme Court allows punishment for homeless sleeping - NPR

In its biggest decision on homelessness in decades, the US Supreme Court today ruled that cities can ban people from sleeping and camping in public places.

The Supreme Court Rules on Homelessness: What it All Means

Specifically, the Supreme Court determined that the “cruel and unusual punishment” clause of the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit the City of ...

Supreme Court makes it easier for cities to clear homeless ... - Politico

Gavin Newsom a major win Friday by allowing them to remove tent encampments as homelessness has become a top concern of voters. The 6-3 decision ...

In major decision, Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps

The Supreme Court's decision comes as record numbers of Americans lack permanent housing and cities struggle to control encampments.

Supreme Court's Ruling on Homeless Camps Marks Big Win for ...

Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6–3 decision that fining and arresting homeless people does not violate constitutional protections against ...

Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless people sleeping outside

... decision and determine the next steps. “This lawsuit was about whether cities have a right to enforce camping restrictions in public spaces ...

Cities Weigh Homeless Encampments After Supreme Court Ruling

Supreme Court Ruling: The justices upheld an Oregon city's ban on homeless residents sleeping outdoors, a decision likely to reverberate across ...

Supreme Court rules on homeless encampments, administrative ...

The Justices upheld a law making it a crime for unhoused people to camp in public areas like parks, sidewalks and plazas.

California homeless camps: Supreme Court OKs a crackdown

The ruling by the conservative court majority means cities no longer are prohibited from punishing homeless people for camping if they have nowhere else to go.

23-175 City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (06/28/2024) - Supreme Court

Grants Pass, Oregon, is home to roughly 38,000 people, about 600 of whom are estimated to experience homelessness on a given day. Like many ...

Supreme Court appears divided in homeless encampment case

A majority of US Supreme Court justices Monday seemed inclined to side with an Oregon town's law that bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors.

Breaking down Supreme Court decisions on Jan. 6 cases, homeless ...

The justices upheld a law making it a crime for unhoused people to camp in public areas like parks, sidewalks and plazas.

U.S. Supreme Court decision on homelessness coming soon

, a federal court decision bans western states from fining or arresting people for sleeping or camping on public property. A case before the ...

California cities respond to Supreme Court Grants Pass ruling

After Supreme Court's contentious homelessness ruling, what's next ... Chico agreed to build a new non-congregate homeless shelter and add ...

Governor Newsom statement on Supreme Court's homeless ...

“Today's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court provides state and local officials the definitive authority to implement and enforce policies to clear ...

Supreme Court empowers cities to ban homeless encampments

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass slammed the Supreme Court's ruling ... camp next to neighborhoods, next to shopping centers.” “We're going to ...

Homeless camp decision forthcoming from Supreme Court

In the older case — Martin v. Boise — the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2018 that it's cruel and unusual punishment to criminalize ...

Supreme Court allows cities to ban homeless camps

The court's 6-3 decision reversed a ruling by a San Francisco appeals court that found outdoor sleeping bans amount to cruel and unusual ...

Supreme Court rules CA cities can ban homeless encampments

The Supreme Court ruled that cities can fine or arrest unhoused people who lack other shelter and camp in public areas.