Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

  1. Sep 12, 2024 · The U.S. Supreme Court in June determined it was OK for the city of Grants Pass, Oregon to ban camping on all public property, even if there was no room in local homeless shelters. That ruling untied the hands of cities throughout California and other western states, allowing them to impose all manner of restrictions on camping.

  2. Sep 14, 2024 · At least 14 California cities and one county have passed new ordinances that prohibit camping or updated existing ordinances to make them more punitive, another dozen are considering new bans, and ...

  3. Sep 13, 2024 · At least 14 California cities and one county have passed new ordinances that prohibit camping or updated existing ordinances to make them more punitive, another dozen are considering new bans, and ...

    • Cal Matters
  4. Sep 12, 2024 · At least 14 California cities and one county have passed new ordinances that prohibit camping or updated existing ordinances to make them more punitive, another dozen are considering new bans, and at least four have dusted off old camping bans that hadn’t been fully enforced in years.

  5. Sep 15, 2024 · Court orders, and camping bans with caveats. For at least one city, cracking down on encampments isn’t as simple as passing a new ordinance. In 2022, the city of Chico settled a lawsuit filed by eight homeless residents over the city’s enforcement of its anti-camping ordinances. Under the terms of that agreement, the city now has to jump ...

  6. Sep 6, 2024 · Since then, 12 California cities or counties have passed camping bans while another nine are considering them or have already given initial approval, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.

  7. People also ask

  8. Jul 5, 2024 · Local courts have hit several California cities — including San Francisco, Sacramento, Chico and San Rafael — with orders halting or delaying encampment clean-ups due to lack of adequate shelter. Many California cities and law enforcement agencies have complained that the decision tied their hands and prevented them from enforcing common-sense ordinances governing homeless encampments.

  1. People also search for