Marin officials gauge effect of major homelessness ruling

Marin municipalities will have more power to clear camps of homeless people as a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Friday.

Since 2018, when cities moved to shut down a camp, they were generally expected to offer everyone living there shelter or housing. But few cities had the resources to move all their unhoused residents indoors.

The high court’s 6-3 decision means cities can enforce prohibitions on homeless people sleeping on public property even when shelter beds are not available.