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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments

yesterday in a case that could make it easier for cities to crack down on homeless encampments.

It's being called the High Court's most consequential case on homelessness in decades

and is being closely watched in our state with nearly half the nation's unsheltered homeless

population here.

The case, Grants Pass v. Johnson, is about how far cities can go to restrict unhoused residents from camping or sleeping

on public property without violating their constitutional rights. We unpack the case and how the

court might rule after this news.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Nina Kim.

Supreme Court justices seemed divided yesterday on whether cities should have more flexibility to crack down on homeless encampments

and punish people, as a local Oregon law does, for sleeping outside when no shelter is available.

Justice Katanji Brown-Jackson expressed concern the ordinance amounted to penalizing people

for being unhoused.

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