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PortlandTribune.com
8 months ago
Law

U.S. Supreme Court to consider rulings against homeless camping bans

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider lower court rulings that prevent cities from banning camping on public property without providing shelter space to the homeless.
Mayors in cities like Portland and San Francisco argue that the rulings prevent them from banning camping due to lack of sufficient shelter space. [ more ]
Los Angeles Times
8 months ago
Los Angeles

Supreme Court to rule on clearing homeless encampments in California and the West

The Supreme Court will decide whether homeless people have a constitutional right to camp on public property.
The court will review decisions of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which held it was cruel and unusual punishment for cities to deny homeless people a place to sleep. [ more ]
www.fastcompany.com
9 months ago
East Bay real estate

An old median near a Los Angeles freeway sat empty for years. Now it's affordable housing

Isla Intersections in South Los Angeles is a new affordable housing development made from repurposed shipping containers.
The complex is designed to minimize ambient traffic noise and features an open space landscaped with vegetation and irrigated by greywater.
The city of Los Angeles awarded leases for underutilized parcels of properties to affordable housing developers, with Holos Communities winning the lease for Isla Intersections for $1 a year. [ more ]
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