California Governor Gavin Newsom demands cities force homeless people to move every 72 hours
California Governor Gavin Newsom demands cities force homeless people to move every 72 hours
California Governor Gavin Newsom demands cities force homeless people to move every 72 hours
On May 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, demanded that cities throughout the state adopt anti-camping ordinances that would effectively ban public homelessness by requiring unhoused individuals to relocate every 72 hours.
While presented as a humanitarian effort to reduce homelessness, the new policy victimizes California’s growing unhoused population—approximately 187,000 people—by tying funding in Proposition 1 to local laws banning sleeping or camping on public land.
In his announcement, Newsom pushed local governments to adopt the draconian ordinances “without delay.”
I have to wonder what the comparative rate is for CA vs other states. If I didn't have a place and decided to just hop a rail to somewhere, that'd probably be a strong choice. Better weather than someplace like MN and less likely to get just tossed in jail or shot than one like FL/TX.
I couldn’t believe how many homeless people there are in MN. The environment is so harsh in winter, I’m sure some migrate south but many stay.