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POPSStuck on skid row The lawsuit that stops the cops from rousting people from sleeping on public property, if there is no shelter available at the time -- is called the Jones' Decision. The 9th Circuit Cort of appeals. found it cruel and unusual punishment to cite some one for sleeping if there is no legal shelter available.
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POPSAsbury Park homeless shelter shuts its doors
"40-bed facility was too large, city zoners say. However, of the 40 beds in the new Jersey Shore Rescue Center, 27 were for men who could stay up to 10 nights but would have to leave the mission during the day. Ten beds were for those men who committed to join the mission's gospel rescue program, usually alcohol or drug rehabilitation that would last 9 to 12 months. Those individuals would be allowed to stay on the premises during the day. Three beds were for staff members. Officials also feared there could be up to 985 homeless men without a day program cycled through the city each year." A comment that caught my interest. "I can't believe that AP has closed down the Mission shelter. It was a place for the homeless population to sleep, out of the cold and the rain, and they are JUST HOUSING THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY AROUND! The only other shelter for single adults in Monmouth County is at Ft. Monmouth. This shelter is nowhere near large enough for the great need for h
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POPSHomeless portrayed in negative light My letter to the editor after reading comments in the local forum offering up solutions such as pesticiding the homeless, shooting them, or encamping them etc. etc. Such bigoted comments have become common around this issue nation wide according to the National Task force to end homelessness.
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POPSRobert Norse: Police must let homeless sleep The Santa Cruz Police Department citations for sleeping have doubled in the past year. Private First Alarm Security guards roam the library and City Hall grounds, selectively targeting homeless people and threatening to arrest them for sitting on a bench at night. There is a pervasive fear and prejudice against poor shelterless people. If this were red-neck Los Angeles, San Diego or Fresno, we might not be surprised by a nighttime sleeping ban. The real surprise is that these three cities and Richmond have dumped their nighttime "sleep-crime" tickets for the poor. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the April 2006 Jones decision required Los Angeles to stop busting the poor at night with no place to go. The other cities reacted to this court decision by calling off the armed sleep squads.
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