WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court is debating Monday how far ... And they’re necessary to prevent homeless encampments from taking over parks and sidewalks, a persistent problem in many cities ...

The Supreme Court will soon take up Grants Pass v. Johnson, one of the highest-profile cases this term. Grants Pass is an Oregon city whose laws aimed at restricting street homelessness were ...

The debate over homeless encampments across the country ... broad group of people who all started pushing for the Supreme Court to take up the Grants Pass case. And they did this by filing briefs ...

Laura Gutowski pitches her tent in the same park where her son grew up playing Little League ... is at the heart of the Supreme Court case. Lawyers for the homeless residents say the Grants ...

Gavin Newsom urged the Supreme Court to take the case and side ... “It’s sad that cities are throwing up their hands and saying the only way we can end homelessness is by arresting people ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Friday sided with ... there are an estimated 600 homeless people. In 2013, local officials decided to ramp up enforcement of ordinances that prohibit sleeping ...

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that centers around the issue of whether cities can issue tickets to homeless people, or whether such a practice is cruel ...

That latter question is now before the Supreme ... up the public safety and protection of private property that ceding the streets and public parks to the homeless entails. A U.S. 9th Circuit ...

“The level of homelessness in a community doesn’t actually go down,” he said. “If anything, it goes up.” When Newsom urged the Supreme Court to take the Grants Pass case last ...

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled ... to keep warm or a rolled-up shirt as a pillow. For people with no access to shelter, that punishes them for being homeless. That is unconscionable and ...

Homelessness, unfortunately, has become a persistent and growing problem in the United States. The Supreme Court, in City of Grants ... 650,000 at year end 2023, up 12% from 2022.

“San Francisco will continue to take a compassionate, services-first approach to addressing our homelessness ... our litigation catches up with the Supreme Court’s decision today.” ...