Arizona Voters Urge Crack Down On Clearing Homeless Encampments With Property Owner Tax Incentives
In a key test of public attitudes toward homelessness after the Supreme Court greenlit broader camping bans this past summer, Arizona...
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Oct 231 min read
Louisiana State Police Look To Clear New Orleans Homeless Encampments Ahead Of Taylor Swift Concerts
A plan by the Louisiana State Police to clear the New Orleans’ largest remaining homeless encampment in advance of three mega concerts...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 112 min read
Adams Launches Subway Homeless Outreach with Police and Clinicians
Mayor Eric Adams has launched a new initiative to tackle homelessness in New York City's subway system. The program involves pairing...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 112 min read
San Francisco Seeks Dismissal of Tenderloin Drug Use Lawsuit
The City of San Francisco defended itself Thursday afternoon against charges from Tenderloin residents who claim that the city has caused...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 92 min read
How To Avoid Criminalizing Homelessness, Increasing Crime
Jurisdictions across the U.S. are facing challenges in addressing the increasing issue of homelessness, particularly the unsheltered...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 112 min read
Florida Mayor Blasts Statewide Anti-Homelessness Law
A Florida law that criminalizes sleeping in public spaces and will take effect next month is expected to provoke a “tsunami of lawsuits”...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 132 min read
San Francisco Adds Another Program to Bus Homeless People Out of Town
San Francisco does not have one program that puts homeless people onto buses and sends them elsewhere. It has three, reports Mission...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 52 min read
Liberal San Francisco Mayor Vows Crackdown On Homeless Camping
The homeless men in tents on a sidewalk near Golden Gate Park in San Francisco knew that city crews were coming to clear them out, but...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 311 min read
Los Angeles Defies Newsom's Push To Clear Homeless Encampments
Days after Gov. Gavin Newsom put pressure on local governments to dismantle homeless encampments across California, leaders in Los...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 252 min read
Newsom Orders Officials To Dismantle Homeless Encampments
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering state officials to begin dismantling thousands of homeless encampments, calling on government...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 152 min read
Cities Take Hard Line On Homeless Camps Under Court Ruling
Until recently, federal appellate courts limited how far cities could go to clear homeless encampments. Last month, the Supreme Court...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 82 min read
Homeless Killed At Alarming Rate in Arizona's Maricopa County
The night James Cruz disappeared, his sister knew something was wrong. Cruz had been living in Tempe, Arizona’s ‘River Bottom’ homeless...
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Crime and Justice News
Jun 283 min read
Cities May Ban Public Sleeping By The Homeless, High Court Rules
A public sleeping ban in Grants Pass, Oregon, did not unconstitutionally criminalize homelessness, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. The...
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Crime and Justice News
May 212 min read
Conservatives Seek To Move Homeless Aid To Drug Treatment
In October, Florida will become the latest state to ban homeless camping. Starting in January, any city that does not enforce the ban can...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 252 min read
Supreme Court Case Unlikely To Impact Homelessness, Advocates Say
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most consequential case regarding homelessness to come before it in...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 232 min read
Justices Inclined To Let Cities Crack Down On Homeless Encampments
The Supreme Court seems ready to let cities crack down on homeless encampments. In arguments on Monday, conservative justices questioned...
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Crime and Justice News
Mar 221 min read
California Voters Approve Measure That Aims to House Homeless
A California bond initiative that enables the issuance of $6.4 billion in bonds to pay for housing for people with addiction and mental...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 152 min read
Justices Will Decide If Cities Can Punish Homeless Campers
The Supreme Court will hear a case that could transform U.S. homelessness policy. The case is the most significant legal challenge to the...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 92 min read
After Attempted Crackdown On Homelessness In Montana, Stories Of Violence Against The Unhoused
In Kalispell, Montana, city leaders have attempted to crack down on homelessness by a series of measures including an ordinance to punish...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 52 min read
Homeless Residents Sue WA City Over Camping Ban
The Seattle/King County, Wa., Coalition on Homelessness and three homeless Burien. Wa., residents, represented by the Northwest Justice...
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