California Gov Newsom issues executive order for removal of homeless encampments
California Governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order to remove homeless encampments statewide, following a Supreme Court ruling. The order guides state agencies and encourages local governments to act on homelessness.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order aimed at the removal of homeless encampments throughout the state. This directive instructs state agencies on how to clear thousands of tents and makeshift shelters that have proliferated along freeways, in shopping center parking lots, and within city parks. The order follows a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that permits cities to enforce bans on sleeping in public spaces, allowing for the removal of encampments even in the absence of available shelter space. While the decision to clear these encampments ultimately lies with local authorities, Newsom's administration can exert pressure by withholding funding from counties and cities that do not comply. Newsom emphasized the need for urgent action to address what he described as dangerous encampments. The governor has made homelessness a key focus of his administration, previously advocating for a ballot measure to secure nearly $6.4 billion for the construction of housing units. This executive order comes amid increasing criticism from Republicans regarding California's homelessness crisis, coinciding with Vice President Kamala Harris's entry into the presidential race. The order does not imply immediate mass clearings but rather seeks to establish plans for the removal of encampments from state properties and encourages local governments to take similar actions.
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15 commentsThat unyieldingness, in the case of homelessness, has led to ridiculous asks, e.g. treating any law enforcement against anyone homeless as criminalising poverty. Given the bloc is unwilling to compromise, it’s not a surprise that the centre is now shifting to those on the right. Hence, the policy whipsaw from focussing on there being homeless people to the problems that causes.
Sure, the authorities can force all the people off their "campsites" and send all their belongings to the dump. But you've still obviously got the homeless person there, in a more vulnerable position than they were before.
The other side, is even in clearing out parks, and encampments it would help if there were a place to go. There are a lot of issues, and having worked with homeless charity groups, drug addiction is at the center of most of it... you can't really force someone to get and stay clean... The system needs some form of outlet.
Surprised by how brazen the message is.
This is quite a bit of money -- about $1.47m per unit.
Anyway and finally, after metropolitan cities in California are now used to visually represent slums, this has been issued.
I hope that metropolitan cities in California can become clean and safe again.
Who is providing those near $1.5m/ea units?
The state is a patchwork of welcoming, and rejecting of the unhoused. Until there's a uniform policy in one direction or the other, the people affected by these policies, are just going to get harassed and chased around the state.
Nothing is going to happen.
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