United States | News & Politics

2881 readers

662 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

simsymbiote@midwest.social

Type1@midwest.social

California Governor Gavin Newsom demands cities force homeless people to move every 72 hours (www.wsws.org)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

25 comments fedilink hide all child comments

On May 12, California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, demanded that cities throughout the state adopt anti-camping ordinances that would effectively ban public homelessness by requiring unhoused individuals to relocate every 72 hours.

While presented as a humanitarian effort to reduce homelessness, the new policy victimizes California’s growing unhoused population—approximately 187,000 people—by tying funding in Proposition 1 to local laws banning sleeping or camping on public land.

In his announcement, Newsom pushed local governments to adopt the draconian ordinances “without delay.”

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You think people are homeless over random bullshit? You live in a fantasy land. Also what kind of person wishes homelessness on someone? You act like the moral police but wish ill on other people. Says a lot about what kind of person you are. You only believe in your feelings and make up stuff to try to justify it.

"He said cities should store belongings confiscated during encampment sweeps and give their owners a chance to claim them. He urged cities to give encampment residents a 48-hour warning before a sweep"

You can read the Governor's sample ordinance. There is a lot of emphasis on notification.

"the Governor signed Executive Order N-1-24, which directed state agencies to develop policies to prioritize addressing encampments on state property while providing reasonable advance notice and partnering with shelter and services providers. That Executive Order also encouraged local governments to adopt similar policies, and to use all available resources and infrastructure, including the historic resources provided by the State, to take urgent action to humanely remove encampments from public spaces."

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Oh yeah I really think the police will cooperate and not give them an exhaustingly difficult time, or simply delay and make the homeless more miserable. Go look up how hard it can be to get your stuff back with civil forfeiture, then think about how much harder it will be when you can't have an up to date ID.

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What are these?

[–] optissima@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Sorry, I missed specifying what I was talking about. The returning of personal items post collection being difficult is what I was referring to.

[–] Vegasvator@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago

The police don't do the clean up. Keep making stuff up. They often do standby though.