Gov. Gavin Newsom, who cheered the decision, has since ramped up pressure on cities to close more camps. Following the ruling, Fremont adopted a similar encampment ban earlier this year.

In major cities and more rural areas, arrests and citations rose in the months following last summer’s Supreme Court decision ...

Citations and arrests doubled in San Diego, which also doubled the size of its police teams that respond to homelessness.

In major cities and more rural areas, arrests and citations rose in the months following last summer’s Supreme Court decision ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has introduced a model ordinance, calling on state municipalities to ban tent encampments on public property. “There’s nothing compassionate about letting people ...

I want to use it as a last resort." California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco, repeatedly urged cities to ban encampments.

I want to use it as a last resort.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco, has repeatedly urged cities to ban encampments.

It's among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it easier to ban homeless people from camping on public property.

I want to use it as a last resort.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco, has repeatedly urged cities to ban encampments.

I want to use it as a last resort.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and former mayor of San Francisco, has repeatedly urged cities to ban encampments.