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It's hilarious that the magatrons use trumpy's business smarts as the main reason for wanting him as president yet, every business he started, besides real estate, went bankrupt. And his real estate business, which is basically idiot proof, is also struggling. The only thing he is great at is grifting.Comment
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I find this Supreme Court to be doing some amazing work for America.
There are no guardrails’: Supreme Court empowers cities to take tougher steps to police homelessness
West Coast cities are debating whether to raze encampments or empower police to arrest people sleeping on public property.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Supreme Court has granted mayors broad powers to combat the homelessness crisis, including by jailing people for sleeping outside. Now, leaders along the West Coast must decide how far they’re willing to go.
The Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling last month will have major ramifications everywhere from Northeast cities struggling with a deluge of migrants to Sun Belt boom towns facing huge shortages of affordable housing. But the effect is most dramatic along the West Coast, where lower court rulings had severely limited city officials’ authority to clear encampments even as the region became the epicenter of a national homelessness crisis.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed captured the frustration among many Democratic mayors when she praised the conservative-majority Supreme Court’s ruling.
“Those who refuse our help or those who already have shelter will not be allowed to camp on our streets,” Breed said.
For years, there was a shared frustration among West Coast mayors as they tried to clear camps without running afoul of the courts: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
The mayors griped that a patchwork of court rulings had created a legal minefield if they tried to remove homeless people from sidewalks, parks and freeway underpasses. Meanwhile, they faced voter backlash over the health and safety risks posed by growing encampments.
But the high court ruling effectively overturned those decisions, allowing cities to remove tents even when there aren’t enough shelter beds. The Supreme Court also ruled that arresting or citing people for camping in public spaces did not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.
Still, mayors face resistance from homelessness advocates and others who warn that more draconian approaches will exacerbate suffering and simply shuffle homeless people between cities.
“We are concerned that there will likely be this cruelty-arms race to the bottom, where jurisdictions try to outdo each other in being more punitive,” said John Do, a senior attorney with the ACLU of Northern California, which has advocated for homeless people in cases across the West. “There are no guardrails right now.”
POLITICO took a look at how six cities in the West are responding to the ruling and their expanded powe
Mayor London Breed called the high court’s ruling in Grants Pass a godsend after the city spent years drowning in legal limbo. Breed faces a tough reelection fight in November, against four major challengers who have all accused her of failing to stop the proliferation of encampments.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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The Butt Brothers, bsm2 and copier addict, are scared. Very scared. And this is why they keep posting so much. It is all these two sad and pathetic Butt Brothers have. They don't help anyone here. They just come to Rants, Raves, and Everything Else to their rag on any that dare have an opposing view. It's so sad that this must be all they have in their pitiful live.Comment
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The Butt Brothers, bsm2 and copier addict, are scared. Very scared. And this is why they keep posting so much. It is all these two sad and pathetic Butt Brothers have. They don't help anyone here. They just come to Rants, Raves, and Everything Else to their rag on any that dare have an opposing view. It's so sad that this must be all they have in their pitiful live.Comment
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Your incessant need to ridicule people online certainly explains why you are a trumpy lover. Republican politicians don't have anything constructive to say either. They are too busy kissing a$$ to actually have time to say anything.👍 1Comment
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