As regular readers know, there is a case about to be argued before the Supreme Court which could have a major impact on homelessness on the west coast. At the moment, decisions issued by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals make it impossible for cities to force homeless people to move (off sidewalks or out […]
As I described a few days ago, residents and business owners in San Francisco have come up with their own plan for dealing with tent camps which crowd the sidewalks and sometimes even block access to doorways. Over the past few years, they have installed heavy steel planters on the sidewalks. The planters weigh up […]
Did I say that activists in San Francisco were upset about people blocking the sidewalk? No, that can’t be right. What the activists are upset about is “planters” blocking the sidewalk. It’s being called “hostile architecture” and now the activists have convinced the city to crack down on it. San Francisco is ordering the owners […]
As most readers already know, the entire western US has been dealing with a growing homeless problem for years. That problem has been exacerbated by a couple of court decisions issued by the 9th Circuit (whose decisions only apply to western states). The two decisions, Boise and Grants Pass, both found that municipalities do not […]
It’s really happening. This week a bill aimed at rolling back Oregon’s previous decision to decriminalize drugs (known as Measure 110) is making progress through the legislature. It was passed out of committee on Tuesday. Oregon lawmakers on the joint addiction committee on Tuesday evening voted for a proposal to backtrack on Measure 110 and […]
We have officially reached the stage in the decline of civiliastion that the Metro Transit Authority is instructing people not to rape people on the trains. Or poop. Or pee. Please. Signs outlining the expectations we have of riders are now being installed at light rail and bus rapid transit stations. Those who violate these […]
Cities on the west coast have been fighting two 9th Circuit Court decisions which limit their ability to remove homeless encampments. The 2018 Boise decision and the 2022 Grants Pass, Oregon decision effectively mean that cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles can’t clear sidewalks or parks unless they have a bed to offer every […]
Many people in Torrance, California, were acquainted with a kind, gentle, 65-year-old Asian woman who regularly walked her dog in the neighborhood. They were shocked to learn that the woman — whose identity has not officially been released — had been attacked and killed on Christmas Eve, allegedly by a homeless man wielding a sledgehammer. […]
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