Gruesome Newsom is at it again!
California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the U.S. Supreme Court to allow cities to criminalize the homeless by letting these cities have ordinances banning the homeless from camping on public property. This comes after federal courts rightly invalidated such a law in Grants Pass, Oregon.
In fact, Newsom has spent several years criticizing judges who nullify such laws. Newsom complained that these rulings have hamstrung California cities that have tried criminalizing the homeless.
Officials in San Francisco and San Diego also want the Supreme Court to intervene and let them step up their war against the homeless. This undercuts the progressive reputation that San Francisco once had. But this is far from the first time it's been undercut, as the city has been beset by right-wing authoritarian policies for decades now. This not only includes its attacks on the homeless and its refusal to remedy high housing costs but also its penchant for COVID totalitarianism that exceeds ostensibly more conservative locales. It's not an exaggeration to say that - in terms of public policies that are actually being carried out - San Francisco is to the right of much of rural Iowa or Montana. How is San Francisco much better today than what we had here at our worst?
If anyone is improperly squatting on land, it's gentrificationists who have marauded into our cities. Why aren't there any laws on this?
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