Newsom's executive order issued today on homeless camps is largely political theater without teeth. But it sends a clear and worrying message to localities: "Cities should start fining and incarcerating homeless people in encampment sweeps - even if no shelter is available" 🧵 1/
Newsom's executive order claims last month's Supreme Court Ruling on homelessness overturning the Ninth Circuit's removed barriers preventing localities from addressing encampments beforehand. But this is false. 2/ gov.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…
Jun 16, 2022 • 25 tweets • 9 min read
There's been lots of critiques of @TheAtlantic article on SF as a failed city due to progressive governance w/ relation to crime and DA recall. It's also an inaccurate, narrow, and misleading take on the city's homelessness and policies addressing it. 🧵 theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Reading this article one would think that SF has (1) experienced a significant increase in homelessness (2) is an exceptional magnet for houseless migrants seeking drugs and services (3) stopped policing and criminalizing homelessness. . . 2/
