{"id":1809950,"date":"2023-01-18T16:34:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T21:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809950"},"modified":"2023-01-18T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T21:40:28","slug":"cities-that-cracked-down-on-homelessness-get-hit-with-legal-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cities-that-cracked-down-on-homelessness-get-hit-with-legal-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Cities That Cracked Down On Homelessness Get Hit With Legal Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcities-that-cracked-down-on-homelessness-get-hit-with-legal-challenges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1809950&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Many cities have cracked down on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/homelessness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">homelessness<\/a>\u00a0Due to their new restrictions, they have faced legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>New York City, Dallas, and other cities that tried to aggressively address their homeless problem \u2014 and the drug, crime, and public nuisance issues that accompany it \u2014 are now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/as-cities-get-tough-on-homelessness-legal-battles-follow-11673960273?mod=us_lead_story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defending<\/a>\u00a0Their policies in court<\/p>\n<p>In New York City, civil rights groups are attempting to block Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 initiative to hospitalize homeless people who are severely mentally ill and appear to be a danger to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf severe mental illness is causing someone to be unsheltered and a danger to themselves, we have a moral obligation to help them get the treatment and care they need,\u201d Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/nyc-to-involuntarily-commit-more-mentally-unstable-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0He announced the plan.<\/p>\n<p>In December, several civil rights groups <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/new-york-city-plan-to-involuntarily-hospitalize-some-mentally-ill-homeless-faces-legal-challenge-11670540243?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> A federal judge blocked the policy. He claimed it was unconstitutional, and in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s policy sometimes involves confiscating homeless people\u2019s belongings as they are removed from public property and taken to a hospital.\u00a0The city\u2019s move comes amid concerns that the city\u2019s homeless crisis is becoming more visible and spiraling out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas was also last month <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/news\/dallas-sued-for-banning-panhandlers-from-standing-on-medians-15486363\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> The October policy, which prohibits people from hanging out near road medians where homeless people often live, was criticized by the city. Officials from the city claimed that the policy was for public safety as people could be hit by passing cars. But, homeless people and their advocates sued the city to challenge the policy. They claimed it violates their First Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p>Albuquerque was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/national-news\/ap-new-mexico-city-sued-for-hounding-harassing-the-homeless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> Last month, homeless people and ACLU of New Mexico were praised for taking down homeless encampments. They also arrested and fined people who lived on the streets, violating their civil rights.<\/p>\n<p>Phoenix was also similarly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12news.com\/article\/news\/local\/valley\/aclu-sues-city-of-phoenix-stop-sweeps-homeless-camp\/75-232de857-bdf8-411d-9e13-e8250fe89d70\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> last month by the\u00a0ACLU of Arizona over sweeps of a huge homeless encampment downtown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than confront its housing crisis head-on and invest in sustainable solutions to homelessness, the City is terrorizing the very people it should be helping,\u201d The complaint says.<\/p>\n<p>In San Francisco, which has one of the nation\u2019s worst homeless and drug crises, homeless people and their advocates sued the city for fining and arresting homeless people as a way to get them out of public spaces. They also complained that the city throws out homeless people\u2019s tents and other belongings without enough warning.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the\u00a0Ninth Circuit federal appeals court has limited what some West Coast cities with severe homeless crises can do to address the problem if they can\u2019t offer appropriate shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a serious, serious, problem, probably the biggest crisis we\u2019re facing right now, and I think these decisions are at the heart of what has gone wrong here,\u201d attorney TheaneEvangelis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gibsondunn.com\/lawyer\/evangelis-theane\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defended<\/a> an Oregon city\u2019s homeless policy in the 9th Circuit, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/as-cities-get-tough-on-homelessness-legal-battles-follow-11673960273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve caused paralysis at a time when we need action,\u201d Evangelis\u00a0said.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco was temporarily prohibited by a federal judge from taking any actions to address the homeless problem, citing Ninth Circuit rulings.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2021, Austin was sued for not doing enough to address the city\u2019s homeless problem. Austin businessmen and others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/news\/local\/austin\/save-austin-now-business-owners-say-austin-is-failing-to-enforce-camping-ban-in-new-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> The city was not required to enforce its ban on public property camping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many cities that cracked down on homelessness\u00a0have been hit with legal challenges over their new restrictions. New York City, Dallas, and other cities that tried to aggressively address their homeless problem \u2014 and the drug, crime, and public nuisance issues that accompany it \u2014 are now\u00a0defending\u00a0their policies in court. In New York City, civil rights &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":1809953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5533,5037,15510,6202,9025,11561,4431,6195],"class_list":["post-1809950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-challenges","tag-cities","tag-cracked","tag-daily","tag-hit","tag-homelessness","tag-legal","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1809950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1809950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1809950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1809950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1809950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}