The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will hear whether towns and cities that block unhoused people with no access to shelter from camping on public property violate the Eighth Amendment's protections from 'cruel and unusual punishment.'
Rising rates of homelessness, particularly during the pandemic, led California municipalities to pass laws to limit encampments in recent years. Federal judges have in different instances blocked enforcement of these ordinances, including in Sacramento, citing the 2018 ruling and saying cities failed to offer adequate shelter alternatives.
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