Anchorage is joining a movement in requesting that the Supreme Court overturn a 9th Circuit decision over “homeless camping on public land,' according to Anchorage Daily News.
Anchorage is joining a movement in requesting that the Supreme Court overturn a 9th Circuit decision over"homeless camping on public land," according to Anchorage Daily News.
"The Ninth Circuit’s decisions in Martin and Johnson tie the hands of local policymakers and make solving this crisis harder," attorneys with the International Municipal Lawyers Association reportedly wrote. The New York Times described the legal briefs against the 9th Circuit filed by multiple cities across the country as a"rare alliance" between"In a surge of legal briefs this week, frustrated leaders from across the political spectrum, including the liberal governor of California and right-wing state legislators in Arizona," The Times wrote,"charged that homeless encampments were turning their public spaces into pits of squalor, and asked the Supreme Court to revisit...
A petition, also shared by Anchorage Daily News, revealed further legal arguments against the 9th Circuit's decisions on homelessness."As a practical matter, these decisions compel local governments to choose between providing shelter or surrendering public lands to encampments that harm local communities," the petition states, calling the 9th Court's decisions a"separation of powers violation.
"It also presupposes that temporary shelter beds are the solution to homelessness, channeling local resources away from longer-term solutions like permanent supportive housing, mental healthcare, drug rehabilitation, and low-income housing support," the petition continued.
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