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    LZ Granderson: Jailing unhoused people for sleeping in public is no solution to homelessness

    by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times Jul 12, 2023 2 minutes
    "We're not animals," said Dominique Beiard, 33, right, next to his tent in a homeless encampment known as Skid Row West under the 405 freeway overpass along Venice Blvd. in Los Angeles on July 6, 2023. Beiard was referring to conservative members of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals who took collective aim Wednesday at the idea that homeless people with nowhere...

    Last week a group of conservative judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit spoke out against allowing homeless people to sleep in public spaces, after the court's liberal majority decided that those with nowhere else to rest cannot be subject to criminal penalties.

    It's the latest ideological battle in a court where President Trump was able to replace four left-leaning judges. Back in 2018, a 9th

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