Homeless unions on both sides of Bay sue cities to prevent sweeps, program closures - Local News MattersHomeless “unions” on both sides of the San Francisco Bay are suing cities to prevent sweeps of encampments or program closures. In federal court in Feb 21 25February 21, 2025Article at Local News Matters
Homeless advocacy group sues Berkeley to prevent city from sweeping encampments - Local News MattersLAST JUNE, THE U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is not unconstitutional “cruel and unusual” punishment for a city to enforce “anti-camping” laws against Feb 13 25February 13, 2025Article at Local News Matters
The legal battle over San Francisco reducing tent encampments to zeroSAN FRANCISCO - Litigation, like politics, sometimes makes for strange bedfellows. A federal judge Thursday heard arguments on the issue of whether the city of San Francisco must use "all reasonable efforts" -- including police enforcement of laws… May 25 24May 25, 2024Article at KTVU
Joe Dworetzky and Jay Harris, Bay City NewsTHE “SAFE PARKING” site established by San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing for people living in their vehicles has generated intense controversy since its opening in January 2022, and drama at the site continues… May 23 24May 23, 2024Article at Local News Matters
San Francisco homelessness agency found to violate ‘Sunshine Ordinance’The department in charge of homelessness in San Francisco was called out Wednesday night for failing to make complete and timely disclosure of public records requested by Bay City News. The city’s Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, the body charged with… May 03 24May 03, 2024Article at Local News Matters
Supreme Court hears camping-ban litigation, with broad implications for homeless policyTHE U.S. SUPREME COURT agreed on one thing Monday morning: the problem of people sleeping on the streets is “a difficult policy issue” for city governments. Beyond that, views diverged. The court heard nearly two and half hours of arguments about the… Apr 23 24April 23, 2024Article at Local News Matters
Tenderloin residents say they’re sick of being ‘containment zone’ for drugs, homelessnessSAN FRANCISCO’S TENDERLOIN district is the delta where the three great rivers of seemingly unsolvable urban problems — homelessness, drugs and mental health — converge. On Thursday, fed-up Tenderloin residents initiated two actions in federal court… Mar 19 24March 19, 2024Article at Local News Matters
SF granted pause in homelessness litigation, but still barred from clearing encampmentsPersistence pays off for San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu. After multiple attempts in U.S. District Court in San Francisco and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the city has finally been able to obtain a pause in its ongoing… Feb 25 24February 25, 2024Article at Local News Matters
A vehicle for improvement: SF’s experimental repair fund putting RV dwellers back on roadONE CITY INITIATIVE at the Bayview Vehicle Triage Center has offered some hope to the residents, though its rollout has not been free from hiccups. Many of the residents agreed to have their vehicles towed to the VTC because they were promised that… Feb 02 24February 02, 2024Article at Local News Matters
Living in Camp Dismal: Residents of Bayview RV site try to unionize to improve conditionsFirst Place for Investigative Reporting (Digital Media) by the San Francisco Press Club (2024): “Living in Camp Dismal: An Investigative Series on Alternative Shelter Approaches” - By Joe Dworetzky - Local News Matters Feb 02 24February 02, 2024Article at Local News Matters
Supreme Court case breathes new life into SF’s efforts to clear homeless encampmentsNo one could say that San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu gives up easily. On Thursday, Chiu’s office filed papers that, once again, seek to put on ice litigation brought against the city in 2022 by the Coalition on Homelessness. The city’s… Jan 20 24January 20, 2024Article at Local News Matters
City Attorney Makes Another Request To Stay Homeless LitigationBay City News No one could say that San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu gives up easily. On Thursday, Chiu's office filed papers that, once again, seek to put on ice litigation brought against the city in 2022 by the Coalition on Homelessness. The… Jan 19 24January 19, 2024Article at SFGATE
US Supreme Court to weigh on whether cities can enforce anti-camping laws against unhousedThe U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal in a case that challenges a ruling that enforcement of local laws against camping on public property violates the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments. The city of Grants… Jan 15 24January 15, 2024Article at Local News Matters
“The Ninth Circuit’s ruling makes clear… [that] San Francisco cannot punish people who lack access to specific and realistically available shelter. The injunction is in place because San Francisco failed that test…”A panel of federal appellate judges Tuesday left in place a lower court order that bars San Francisco from using the city’s laws against sleeping on the streets to prosecute people who are involuntarily homeless. The short 93-word order resolves, at… Sep 06 23September 06, 2023Article at Local News Matters
Federal judges won't modify ban on clearing SF homeless encampments amid appealSAN FRANCISCO – A panel of federal appellate judges Tuesday left in place a lower court order that bars San Francisco from using the city's laws against sleeping on the streets to prosecute people who are involuntarily homeless. The short 93-word… Sep 06 23September 06, 2023Article at KPIX
San Francisco’s Homeless Encampments: A Question of Cleaning vs. ClearingAt 7 a.m. on Jan. 12, I am on the south side of 13th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness, looking north across two lanes of surging traffic to a tent encampment on a median strip. It has rained—hard—in the night, but we are down to a cold… Jun 18 23June 18, 2023Article at San Francisco Standard
Swept away: ‘Experiencing’ homelessness requires staying mobile for the next moveAT 7 A.M. ON JAN. 12, I am on the south side of 13th Street between Folsom and South Van Ness looking north across two lanes of surging traffic to a tent encampment on a median strip. It has rained — hard — in the night but we are down to a cold… Jun 15 23June 15, 2023Article at Local News Matters
Shelter-skelter: San Francisco’s best strategy in homelessness litigation might be to loseOn Dec. 23, 2022, San Francisco’s unsheltered population got a Christmas present of sorts: they were allowed to continue to sleep on the city’s sidewalks. U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu forbade the city from enforcing, or threatening to enforce, a… Jun 15 23June 15, 2023Article at Local News Matters
Bay City Sketchbook: Experiencing HomelessnessFirst Place for Editorial Cartooning for a gallery of cartoons called “Bay City Sketchbook: Experiencing Homelessness” (Daily Newspapers) by the San Francisco Press Club (2024) - By Joe Dworetzky - Bay City News Jun 13 23June 13, 2023Article at Local News Matters
SF mayor’s budget proposal would increase homeless services funding to nearly $700MSan Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) will get $690 million in the next fiscal year if the budget proposed by Mayor London Breed is adopted. The number is up by 2.7 percent from the current year, and now approaches… Jun 05 23June 05, 2023Article at Local News Matters
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