SAN FRANCISCO—The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued an order on July 8 clearing the way for San Francisco to sweep public homeless camps.
In an ongoing lawsuit that the Coalition on Homelessness filed against San Francisco, a preliminary injunction prevented the city from enforcing its laws against camping on public property, a press release stated. The injunction was granted in December 2022, and it invoked the Eighth Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
