US EditionNewsom Unveils Model Ordinance to Ban Homeless Encampments in California
- On May 12, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a model ordinance urging California cities and counties to ban persistent homeless encampments statewide.
- This directive follows a 2024 Supreme Court ruling easing restrictions on outdoor camping bans and rises amid California's record homelessness and ongoing local tensions.
- The ordinance bans ongoing camping and blocking of sidewalks, while prioritizing outreach efforts and allocating over $3 billion in funding for housing initiatives and mental health services.
- Governor Newsom declared, "No more excuses" and said, "It is time to take back the streets," pressing local governments to implement policies without delay.
- While some leaders praise the effort for clearer guidance and early progress, advocates warn enforcement alone risks criminalizing the homeless without addressing root causes.
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ItemliveEditorial: Will Newsom’s call to roust homeless people in California help anyone besides him?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement that California cities and counties need “to take urgent action” to remove homeless encampments from public spaces is the highest level of endorsement for a proven failure of a tactic. It’s also a stunning example of…
LA QUINTA, Calif. (KUNA) – The city of La Quinta is proposing an ordinance banning homeless camping on public property, making it a misdemeanor. However, some local homeless advocates are demanding a stop. This comes after La Quinta sheriff’s officials reported an increase in homeless encampments along busy highway underpasses. The La Quinta City Council discussed the ordinance on May 6 but did not bring it to a vote. The proposed ordinance is e…
Editorial | What to make of latest state demand on removing encampments?
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s has issued another decree that cities and counties need to ban and remove homeless encampments from sidewalks, bike paths, highway underpasses and other public property. On Monday, Newsom released a model ordinance that cities and counties can adopt to prohibit and clear homeless camps. While jurisdictions aren’t required to approve the measure, it’s the latest move by the governor to place responsibility for alleviating the …
San Jose mayor endorses Newsom's push to illegalize encampments - San José Spotlight
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to ban homeless encampments across California, echoing San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s goal to end the era of tents and camps lining city streets, parks and waterways. In Newsom’s proposal announced Monday, he laid out a blueprint for cities to make it illegal to camp on public property for more than three consecutive nights, to prohibit sitting, sleeping or lying on sidewalks and streets that would hinder passage and to make…
Will California Go Forward or Backward on Homelessness? - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Not long ago, I visited a public park in San Francisco and witnessed a most astonishing thing: The park was orderly, lots of kids were playing, the public bathrooms were clean and there wasn’t a homeless person — let alone an open-air drug market — in view. Outside of a few neighborhoods, San Francisco has never been as tawdry as its detractors alleged, but there have been plenty of signs of unchecked panhandling and disorde…
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