Thread by @Prado_Reports

1/On Friday. Dec. 23, Judge Ryu granted a preliminary injunction to stop #SanFrancisco from enforcing ordinances that prohibit involuntarily homeless individuals from sitting, lying, or sleeping on public property. However, this does not mean #sweeps will cease completely.

2/The ruling, “does not prevent the city from enforcing laws against public nuisance, protecting accessibility and sidewalk path of travel, or abating unsanitary conditions.”
48hills.org/2022/12/judges…

3/These types of abatements happen in #Berkeley, which has serious consequences for #unhoused residents’ mental and physical health. “When you consistently lose your stuff in this manner, you begin to lose your mind,” said Eren, a camp resident. bitly.ws/yciE

4/And in #Oakland. Judge Orrick allowed Caltrans to clear the #WoodStreet encampment where an estimated 300 unsheltered people were living, along with a massive accumulation of burned-out cars and debris that the agency didn’t want to clean for years.

https://twitter.com/Prado_Reports/status/1574959328804470784?s=20&t=VgAxZOp4r6xPRGDi7SUbqg

5/A #UCSF study found #sweeps may worsen mental wellbeing by causing depressive symptoms, anxiety, fear, stress, a sense of dehumanization, loss of trust and security, hopelessness and loss of motivation.” bitly.ws/yipe

6/Material losses from #sweeps cause “less effective management of chronic health conditions, infectious diseases, and substance use disorders, and a loss of mobility devices may lead to increased injuries.”

7/#Sweeps disrupt trust between #unhoused residents and city staff, “leading to an antagonistic and unpredictable living environment that necessitates survival - and crisis-driven decision making.” This environment distances people from working toward long-term stability.

8/These contradictory actions are referred to as "the 'necropolitics of care' by which marginalized people are subjected simultaneously to both #compassion and #brutality, or to brutality as a gatekeeper or even penance for access to health and social interventions.”

9/Dean Preston’s calls for a wake-up call to @londonbreed. But, it should also be a wake-up call to @cityofBerkeley and @Oakland to stop their #sweeps and harassing their #unhoused population. OR all unhoused residents in the #BayArea will have one destination: SAN FRANCISCO.

10/It should also be a wake-up call to #journalists! Media coverage has normalized this behavior by simply quoting city officials without also looking at the REAL consequences these practices have #unhoused people.#Berkeley spent ~$50k on this #sweep.But what was the #human cost?