The United States Supreme Court ruled last June that state and local governments can close homeless encampments.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, and many of the mayors of California cities, embraced the ruling, noting that state and local governments now had the authority they needed to clear the settlements. It is not compassionate, healthy, or progressive to allow these encampments to continue. California Highway Patrol officers, county sheriffs, and city police can move these individuals away from the highway underpasses...