Crypto News: What's next for policing homeless encampments

In a 6-3 decision on Friday, the Supreme Court reinstated a ban on public camping in Grants Pass, Oregon, ruling that laws penalizing people for sleeping outdoors do not constitute "cruel and unusual punishment" under the Eighth Amendment, even if they have nowhere else to go.

The decision will allow cities and states to turn to police to address the growing homelessness challenge, and provides clarity on what legal actions local leaders can take to clear homeless encampments. Already, many places impose fines or jail time on people sleeping outdoors — including Missoula, Montana, which passed new camping restrictions just days before the ruling.

Homelessness advocates call the decision counterproductive, saying it effectively allows lawmakers to criminalize the state of being unhoused. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said it "leaves the most vulnerable in our society with an impossible choice: Either stay awake or be arrested." Read more from Kriston Capps and Ella Ceron today on CityLab: What the SCOTUS Camping Decision Means for Local Homelessness Policy

— Sonja Wind

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"We know that being outdoors and engaging in physical activity offsets the impact of those types of stressors, and that has generational reverberations. This is much bigger than a ballpark."

Carroll Fife

City councilmember in Oakland, California

With Oakland set to lose its Major League Baseball team, a new minor league team, the Ballers, will take the field in a new park designed to give a high-poverty community struggling with crime and pollution a much-needed boost.

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