BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld a ban on homeless encampments. Vice Mayor Andrae Gonzales and Bakersfield Ward 2 Councilmember said, “This ruling does not add additional emergency shelter beds and does not add any additional jail beds. This ruling does not provide any mental health beds.” Gonzales said Bakersfield has […]
The Supreme Court ruled that cities could fine or arrest unhoused people who lack other shelter and camp in public areas, allowing California and other Western states to clear homeless encampments more easily. The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, said fining and arresting homeless people does not violate constitutional protections against cruel and unusual […]
KENSINGTON – Philadelphia police on bikes and in cruisers are moving along Kensington Avenue as they work to hold the block after a homeless encampment is removed from the area. In the place of the encampment along the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue, barricades stand in front of open businesses and pedestrians are on sidewalks. […]
John Parke, known as “Cowboy,” is always ready to pack up and move. He stacks his black and blue tent, foam sleeping pad, and flannel-lined sleeping bag on top of a wagon that he hauls away every day at 7 a.m. before police arrive and order him and the other unhoused people of “camp town” to […]
CHICAGO — University of Chicago police cleared out anti-war encampments set up by students protesting Israel’s war on Gaza on the school’s main quad early Tuesday morning. On what would have been the ninth day of encampment, university police took down tents, tore down anti-war signs and began to block off many entrances to the […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters are camping on university campuses across Australia, with some scuffling with pro-Israel protesters in Sydney – mirroring similar events in the United States. Students have set up encampments at universities in major Australian cities over the last two weeks to protest over Israel’s offensive in Gaza. The students are demanding that universities sever […]
Police in cities and towns across the country have been deployed in recent days to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators from a growing number of encampments and occupied buildings on the campuses of American colleges and universities. Since April 18, more than 1,500 arrests have been made at over 30 colleges, according to a CNN analysis. In […]
CHICAGO – DePaul University students are the latest to take a stand against the war in Gaza, joining protesters at universities nationwide. Pro-Palestinian protesters at DePaul created an encampment Tuesday morning and requested that university leaders cut ties with Israel. An Instagram account run by DePaul University’s Divestment Coalition Encampment called on students to “flood […]
PHILADELPHIA – The usual day-to-day operations at UPenn remain business as usual, except for a large pro-Palestinian encampment in the middle of the campus, with student protestors demanding the University make changes. “Our demands are the same as they were on the first day, to disclose the endowment of the University, to divest from the […]
Tensions over the Israel-Hamas war have flared at elite universities in recent days, as roughly 150 pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University and Yale University were arrested. The crackdowns came as Passover, a major Jewish holiday, approached Monday evening and politicians and organizations expressed fears for the safety of the Jewish community. Now encampments are sprouting up […]
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether local governments that try to fine or arrest unhoused people for camping in public spaces when they have nowhere else to go is cruel or unusual. It is the most important Supreme Court case about homelessness in 40 years, advocates say, and has the potential […]
NATIONAL CITY, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — National City Mayor Ron Morrison says the city is considering a homeless encampment ban similar to the one San Diego implemented. However, the conversation is quickly heating up, with the city voicing their concerns and advocates voicing another. “This is a deal of mixing compassion with reality,” Morrison said. […]