When Los Angeles officials were looking to set up a new homeless shelter where residents could have their own space, they decided speed was the priority. For that reason, they declined to build the typical tiny home village in favor of an easier-to-assemble “safe sleeping” tent encampment. At a price of $44,000 per tent, one would […]
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Supreme Court to rule on clearing homeless encampments in California, other states
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear whether towns and cities that block unhoused people with no access to shelter from camping on public property violate the Eighth Amendment’s protections from “cruel and unusual punishment.” The case, which California lawmakers including Gov. Gavin Newsom encouraged the Court to hear, could grant officials […]