San Francisco was cited multiple times in the opinions written by U.S. Supreme Court justices in a ruling issued Friday that will affect an ongoing lawsuit on homelessness involving The City and the ability of municipalities to address the problem in general.
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They say any person with a grievance can find remedy in the law. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Illinois criminal trespass to real property 720 ILCS 5/21-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 21-3) (d) A person shall be exempt from prosecution under this Section if he or she beautifies unoccupied and abandoned residential and industrial properties located within any municipality. For the purpose of this subsection, "unoccupied and abandoned residential and industrial property" means any real estate (1) in which the taxes have not been paid for a period of at least 2 years; and (2) which has been left unoccupied and abandoned for a period of at least one year; and "beautifies" means to landscape, clean up litter, or to repair dilapidated conditions on or to board up windows and doors. prosecution /prŏs″ĭ-kyoo͞′shən/ noun 1. The act of prosecuting. 2. The institution and conduct of a legal proceeding The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition Illinois Attorney Act (705 ILCS 205/11) (from Ch. 13, par. 11) Sec. 11. Plaintiffs shall have the liberty of prosecuting, and defendants of defending in their proper persons. **If you own vacant and neglected property and don’t act to repair and restore it to a habitable condition, eminent domain should apply because it is the best interest of the collective that your private property be taken for public use.
The Supreme Court has issued its long-awaited ruling in #JohnsonVGrantsPass, the most significant legal challenge to the rights of homeless people in decades. “We knew from Day 1 that the Supreme Court case wouldn’t end homelessness,” said Jesse Rabinowitz, the communications director for the Law Center. “Now, we must use this moment in time to ensure that Congress and the White House do their job by funding the housing needed to ensure that nobody experiences homelessness in the richest country in the world.” Read more: https://lnkd.in/gNT2G-QV
What comes after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass homelessness decision
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"The Supreme Court of the United States is about to decide whether cities can make it a crime to be a person without housing." Incorrect. This is a common misstatement about laws surrounding homelessness and the #SCOTUS ruling on this issue that is anticipated any day now. It is unconstitutional to criminalize homelessness. However, public camping and many of the other activities that usually associate with homelessness can be and often are regulated. #housing #healthyhousing #homeless #localgov #legalnews Civica Law Group, APC California Association Of Code Enforcement Officers League of California Cities National League of Cities #citymanager International Code Council https://lnkd.in/gvgYMBCx
One Supreme Court case will leave the US in a crisis no matter the decision
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Ill-founded, expensive and inhumane! We join the National Homelessness Law Center and National Alliance to End Homelessness in condemning SCOTUS’ decision on the criminalization of homelessness. Being poor or mentally ill or unable to afford the soaring cost of housing does not make someone a criminal. Filling jails with people who can be helped through proven Housing First programs that cost less than prison and don’t infringe on citizens’ constitutional rights are a much better solution with great outcomes. Take the shackles off, and let’s invest in helping people regain their lives. https://lnkd.in/eFy7GFuu
BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling will make homelessness much worse
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Ill-founded, expensive and inhumane! We join the National Homelessness Law Center and National Alliance to End Homelessness in condemning SCOTUS’ decision on the criminalization of homelessness. Being poor or mentally ill or unable to afford the soaring cost of housing does not make someone a criminal. Filling jails with people who can be helped through proven Housing First programs that cost less than prison and don’t infringe on citizens’ constitutional rights are a much better solution with great outcomes. Take the shackles off, and let’s invest in helping people regain their lives. https://lnkd.in/e_ve5sUy
BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling will make homelessness much worse
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I share the opinions of this article, and will add how overtime the cost of housing has outpaced wages, year after year nationwide. There is no county in the US where the local minimum wage earner can afford housing on that income. The problems are structural, rooted in stale, I would argue haremful, economic and land use models. We know how to fix it, the question is do we have the collective will.
On April 22, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in Grants Pass v Johnson which deals with the criminalization of homelessness. In this opinion piece published today in The Hill, Margot Kushel MD and I argue that housing, not criminalization, is the answer to homelessness. https://lnkd.in/dFGcj2Yx
Affordable housing is the solution to homelessness, not criminalization
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law makers can direct funds to solve human needs, the need of youth for housing, or to hire more police and maintain the appearance of a good social order. Which one would you vote to spend your tax dollars: to help youth fit in? or to hunt them off the streets, and show a veneer of civilization, a surface solution that only relocates troubled youth from street to jail?
On April 22, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in Grants Pass v Johnson which deals with the criminalization of homelessness. In this opinion piece published today in The Hill, Margot Kushel MD and I argue that housing, not criminalization, is the answer to homelessness. https://lnkd.in/dFGcj2Yx
Affordable housing is the solution to homelessness, not criminalization
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So often, I see communities want to stop "pan-handling", people spending excess time in libraries, "loitering" in public spaces, tent cities, use of public parks without looking at root causes. Gregg Colburn and his colleagues are providing Real News and Real Data on housing affordability, lack of supply of housing, and ways to create safe shelter for all people. Criminalizing of people who are experiencing homelessness avoids our society - you and me- making a commitment to the common good. It is not just "housing first"; it is to see the "I" in front of me/you as having inherent dignity. That as a result, there have been those fighting for a right to housing; That no ideology can take away that dignity unless it is through lack of societal will. Unless we see the "I" in front as a criminal. How sad, we don't think of how we would want to be treated if we were to experience homelessness.
On April 22, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments in Grants Pass v Johnson which deals with the criminalization of homelessness. In this opinion piece published today in The Hill, Margot Kushel MD and I argue that housing, not criminalization, is the answer to homelessness. https://lnkd.in/dFGcj2Yx
Affordable housing is the solution to homelessness, not criminalization
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Another repost from my friend and colleague Dr. Margot Kushel MD, Director of the the UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative (BHHI) at the University of California, San Francisco on the Supreme Court’s decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson: Housing solves homelessness—fines and jails do not. These punitive measures exacerbate the challenges faced by people experiencing homelessness. America is experiencing the most profound housing crisis it has had in decades, which has left too many people without the safety and security of home. Federal and state policymakers must make the difficult choices necessary to solve our housing crisis. By increasing access to affordable housing for extremely low-income households, expanding targeted homelessness prevention, providing support to match the behavioral health needs of the population, and increasing household incomes, we could ensure that everyone has the safety and security of home and no one is forced to sleep outside. We know that the American people want the homelessness crisis solved and we know that only access to affordable housing for everyone will do that. Today, the Supreme Court has moved us toward a future where people can be arrested for sleeping. 💔 #housingnothandcuffs #supportdontpunish
Nurse scientist, UCSF/BHHI. President & Co-Founder, National Sobering Collaborative. Nurse consultant on sobering care, homeless health care. CHCF Health Care Fellow '18. Public Voices OpEd Fellow.
A devastating decision by the Supreme Court today. "The Supreme Court's decision will allow state and local governments to make it a crime for people experiencing homelessness to rest in public when they have nowhere else to go”. https://lnkd.in/g62GiQNh
Statement by UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative Director Dr. Margot Kushel on the Supreme Court’s Decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
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Ill-founded, expensive and inhumane! We join the National Homelessness Law Center and National Alliance to End Homelessness in condemning SCOTUS’ decision on the criminalization of homelessness. Being poor or mentally ill or unable to afford the soaring cost of housing does not make someone a criminal. Filling jails with people who can be helped through proven Housing First programs that cost less than prison and don’t infringe on citizens’ constitutional rights are a much better solution with great outcomes. Take the shackles off, and let’s invest in helping people regain their lives. https://lnkd.in/eFy7GFuu
BREAKING: Supreme Court ruling will make homelessness much worse
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Veteran Housing Corp advicates for a top-down review of all local, state, and federal programs that address affordable housing and homelessness. Current programs are rife with conflicts of interests and are squandering taxpayer dollars with little or no positive results over time. Solutions to the affordable housing and homelessness crises in America can only be solved with "out of the box" programs that require solutions "in perpetuity". Providing affordable housing with "AFFORDABILITY PERIODS IN PERPETUITY" is the only practical solution that does not kick the "can down the road" to burden future generations.
We're advocating for state legislation that would bar municipalities from criminalizing homelessness under the disastrous #JohnsonVGrantsPass ruling. The template legislation includes the right to live on public property without discrimination, and would prevent municipalities from banning begging, food distribution, sleeping in cars on public property, and more. Last week, NHLC Senior Policy Director Eric Tars testified before the PA Joint Democratic Policy Committee to ensure Pennsylvania adopt the best, most effective policies on homelessness—and avoid adopting the worst—in the wake of the disastrous #JohnsonVGrantsPass decision from the Supreme Court. Read his full testimony and more about the legislation here:https://lnkd.in/gCKEXCHx
Advocates at hearing call for rethinking housing, homelessness policies - One United Lancaster
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