Mayor London Breed said a "very aggressive" sweep of San Francisco homeless encampments will start in August after a recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the path for officials to widespread enforcement.

Mayor London Breed said a “very aggressive” sweep of San Francisco homeless encampments will start in August, after a recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the path for widespread enforcement.

In June, the Supreme Court ruled that enforcing rules against homeless people for sleeping outside doesn’t violate the Eighth Amendment’s “cruel and unusual punishment” clause.

On Thursday, Breed celebrated the ruling and said the city plans to change its protocols and may begin issuing criminal penalties against homeless people.

“Thank goodness for the change in the Supreme Court decision,” Breed said at an election debate hosted by a local firefighter’s union. “Effective August, we are going to be very aggressive and assertive in moving encampments, which may even include criminal penalties.”

      • jumjummy@lemmy.world
        14·
        4 months ago

        So do you support mandated drug treatment programs? I’m all for tax money being used for these programs, but some of these people need to be forced to go through them.

      • WhyFlip@lemmy.world
        616·
        4 months ago

        Wow, how original… Waiting for the ACAB, bootlicker, etc. comments. You need a reality check.

    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
      31·
      4 months ago

      Ah, right, they want to sleep outside and beg for food and shelter. And the mental illness will just walk away if they decide they want it too.