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"The issue before the Court is whether cities can punish homeless residents simply for existing without access to shelter,”

Cities from Los Angeles to New York have stepped up efforts to clear encampments, records reviewed by The Associated Press show, as public pressure grew to address what some residents say are dangerous and unsanitary living conditions.

It’s unclear whether the case will be argued in the spring or the fall.

"Speaking with Liberation about their demands, a union leader named Diesel explained they want “Housing, bathrooms, showers, but most of all every man, every woman, and every child deserves a home.”"
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"The crisis of homelessness is not without solutions. The City has more than enough money and resources to house every single person who needs it, but a political leadership serving the interests of real estate developers and housing corporations is unwilling to act. According to those leading the occupation, it would only take $3 million to house the approximately 3,200 homeless people in the city."

A large homeless encampment on the banks of the landmark Echo Park Lake has emerged as a flashpoint in Los Angeles’ crisis of how to treat the unhoused.

Over the last year, the encampment has evolved into a commune-like society with a shared pantry, a garden, a veneer of self-policing and a tenuous grasp on basic sanitation. It has divided the Echo Park community and became a case study of the conflicts arising in neighborhoods across Los Angeles over the rights to public spaces and the competing interests of the housed and unhoused.

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. (AP) — The Mercer Island City Council is considering an ordinance that would prohibit camping on all public property, and direct homeless people to shelters in other cities.