The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear a major case on homelessness, letting stand a ruling that protects homeless people’s right to sleep on the sidewalk or in public parks if no other shelter is available. Circuit Court of Appeals undercut their authority to regulate encampments on the sidewalks. The city thought this would end the litigation, but the 9th Circuit proceeded to issue a broad ruling last year. The chief justice may have foreseen the same would be true if the court took up the Boise case. Mike Feuer had urged the court to hear the Boise case and review the 9th Circuit’s opinion.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 16, 2019 14:51 UTC