West Coast Cities Grapple With SCOTUS Grants Pass Decision
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🗓️ 14 August 2024
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Summary
Across the West Coast, cities and counties are still figuring out their approach to homelessness roughly a month after the Supreme Court gave them the OK to ban people from camping and sleeping on the street. In California, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would go so far as to withhold state funds from local governments that don't comply with his order to clear homeless encampments. It's a mandate that's divided local leaders on how to manage one of the most complex issues facing the state. Sydney Johnson, a reporter covering homelessness for San Francisco NPR station KQED, talks about how the Supreme Court's ruling is playing out in California.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, August 14th. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Priyanka Arabindi. |
| 0:04.0 | And I'm Juanita Tulliver, and this is what a day of the show where we bring you all of today's news in a way that's |
| 0:09.2 | very demure, very mindful, very approachable. |
| 0:12.4 | Very. Are we spending too much time on Tik-Tock? I don't know. You be the judge. |
| 0:16.5 | Absolutely not. Absolutely not. You go on for two seconds. You will know what we're talking about. |
| 0:21.2 | And if you don't, I'm sorry. Sorry not sorry. |
| 0:25.3 | Maybe good for you, but no, this one is fun. |
| 0:28.7 | On today's show, citizens in two more states will have a choice to vote for |
| 0:34.9 | reproductive rights in November. Plus, Governor Tim Walls defends his |
| 0:38.8 | military record at his first solo rally. But first, the impact of a recent Supreme Court ruling on homelessness is being |
| 0:45.0 | felt throughout the West Coast. Late last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom |
| 0:49.5 | told reporters that he will withhold funds from local governments that don't comply with his |
| 0:54.3 | order to clear homeless encampments. State of California's doing more than ever |
| 0:58.7 | will continue to do more but this will be my final words on this. |
| 1:03.2 | If we don't see demonstrable results, |
| 1:04.7 | I'll start to redirect money. |
| 1:06.5 | I'm not interested in status quo ante any longer. |
| 1:09.4 | Newsom issued his order last month |
| 1:11.4 | after the Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v Johnson |
| 1:14.4 | made it easier for local governments to criminalize homelessness. |
| 1:18.0 | Last week the City Council in Grants Pass, Oregon, the City at the center of the |
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