Over half a million people are estimated to be homeless in the United States on any given night, and a case before the nation’s high court could grant states the authority to criminalize sleeping outdoors by individuals with no other place to go.
The case, “City of Grants Pass v. Johnson”, has far-reaching implications, particularly for California, where major cities like Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco have garnered national attention due to their increasing homeless populations.
USC experts warn that regardless of the verdict, the case won’t solve the real problem fueling rising rates of homelessness in California and beyond: a lack of affordable housing and support services.
Seems relatively obvious to me that the courts can’t handle this one and we need congress to act. Ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) would require congress to write domestic laws to incorporate a core subset of the UN UDHR human rights.
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