US: Ninth Circuit Lifts Injunction: San Francisco Resumes Homeless Sweeps

Invisible People: San Francisco officials can begin conducting homeless sweeps again after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partially withdrew a preliminary injunction against the city that had been in place since 2023.

The court’s decision comes on the heels of the Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v. Grants Pass, in which the court ruled that arresting or fining homeless people for sleeping outside when no shelter is available is not considered “cruel or unusual punishment.”

The injunction was part of a lawsuit filed by the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness in 2022. It alleged that San Francisco’s practice of removing encampments violated the law because the city failed to provide shelter for people impacted by the sweeps.

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Date:
24 July, 2024
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