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    Robin Abcarian: Criminalizing homelessness is unconscionable, but is it unconstitutional?

    by Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times Apr 25, 2024 4 minutes
    Tents housing the homeless line up in front of closed storefronts near downtown Los Angeles, California on Feb. 16, 2022.

    On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about whether a small Oregon city can cite and prosecute homeless people for sleeping in public places when they have nowhere else to lay their heads.

    If the case reveals nothing else about the state of our country, it reveals this: We continue to fail the homeless people who live among us, and no single court ruling in the world is going to solve the underlying issues — the lack of affordable housing, widespread income equality, substance abuse and a shamefully insufficient social safety net.

    Grants Pass is a city of about 39,000 with a homeless

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