Transaction Search Form: please type in any of the fields below.
Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 9:08 pm
Time: 9:08 pm
Results for homelessness (california)
1 results foundAuthor: Fisher, Marina Title: California's New Vagrancy Laws: The Growing Enactment and Enforcement of Anti-Homeless Laws in the Golden State Summary: Vagrancy laws conjure up a distant past when authorities punished people without a home or permanent residence. Whether the objects of pity or scorn, vagrants could be cited or jailed under laws selectively enforced against anyone deemed undesirable. Although such laws have generally been struck down by courts as unconstitutionally vague, today's "vagrants" are homeless people, who face growing harassment and punishment for their presence in public. More than one in five homeless people in the country lives in California, and two-thirds are unsheltered. The state legislature has done little to respond to this widespread problem, forcing municipal governments to address homelessness with local laws and resources. Cities have responded by enacting and enforcing new vagrancy laws - a wide range of municipal codes that target or disproportionately impact homeless people. Through extensive archival research and case studies of several cities, the report presents detailed evidence of the growing enactment and enforcement of municipal anti-homeless laws in recent decades as cities engage in a race to the bottom to push out homeless people. It concludes with a call for a state-level solution to end the expensive and inhumane treatment of some of California's most vulnerable residents. Details: Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, 2015. 53p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 18, 2015 at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2558944 Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2558944 Shelf Number: 134645 Keywords: Homeless Persons Homelessness (California)Vagrancy |