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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-divides-gavin-newsom-and- progressives/ar-BB1l7qIC

An upcoming Supreme Court case has divided Democratic California Governor
Gavin Newsom and progressives.

Nearly 90 amicus briefs have been filed in Gloria Johnson v. Grants Pass,
a case that will come before the Supreme Court on April 22. Nearly 40 of
the briefs, including one from Newsom, have been filed in support of an
Oregon city, while just over 40 have been filed in support of Johnson, a homeless woman.

The case from Oregon centers on whether homeless people have the right to
sleep outside. Grants Pass—the small city of roughly 40,000 people—was
sued by the homeless who argued that the city unlawfully punished them for sleeping on the streets when no other shelter is available and unlawfully banned the use of sleeping bags, blankets, pillows and even cardboard
boxes in public spaces.

In September 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the local ordinances amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment" and in violation of
the Constitution. The ruling has upset a number of elected officials on
the West Coast, including Newsom, who have lobbied the Supreme Court to reconsider the decision. Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington are all under the jurisdiction of
the Ninth Circuit.

Johnson v. Grants Pass is expected to have significant impacts on major
U.S. cities, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, which have
been plagued by the nation's homelessness crisis. More than 600,000 people experience homelessness on a given night in America, and nearly half sleep outside, according to the National Homelessness Law Center.

The case has become divisive among left-leaning circles, with some, like
Newsom and San Francisco Mayor London Breed, arguing that these rulings
prevent elected officials from addressing matters of public safety, while others, including Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator
Bernie Sanders, arguing that punishing homeless people won't solve the
lack of affordable housing.

In 2019, the Supreme Court declined to take up Martin v. Boise, a similar
case that has made it extremely difficult for cities in those nine Western states from clearing the encampments that have long existed in West Coast cities. Critics of the Grants Pass ruling argue that the Martin decision
has paved the way for lower courts to broadly interpret the decision from
Idaho "in troubling and uncertain ways."

"The Ninth Circuit and respondents have tried to downplay the ways in
which the ruling ties local leaders' hands, but their arguments only
confirm the decision's ambiguity and unworkability," an amicus brief filed
by Newsom in September reads. "Respondents insist that the ruling below
does not prohibit clearing encampments, yet multiple district courts have
held that it does exactly that."

But among those who have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to uphold
the Ninth Circuit ruling are the Democratic Party's most progressive
members. In an amicus brief filed Wednesday, a group of 19 members of
Congress told the high court "punishing human beings for existing when
they have nowhere safe to rest is not only unconstitutional, it is also
the least effective and most costly response a city can choose."

"Rather than criminalize homelessness and ban the unhoused from our communities, we should invest in the proven solutions to ending poverty
and homelessness for good," the brief led by Representative Cori Bush
read.

Signatories included three-quarters of the so-called "Squad," the most left-wing members of Congress, former Congressional Progressive Caucus co- chair Pramila Jayapal and both senators from Massachusetts.

Aside from Newsom and Breed, others favoring Grants Pass who have filed
briefs asking the Supreme Court to reverse the ruling include:

The states of Idaho, Montana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia
National League of Cities
National Association of Counties
Cities of Albuquerque, Anchorage, Chino, Colorado Springs, Fillmore,
Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Glendora, Henderson, Hesperia, Honolulu Huntington Beach, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Murrieta, Newport
Beach, Orange, Phoenix, Placentia, Portland, Providence, Roseville,
Redondo Beach, Saint Paul, San Clemente, San Diego, San Juan Capistrano,
Santa Ana, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma and Westminster
Representatives Clifford Bentz of Oregon, Kevin Kiley of California, Doug LaMalfa of California, Tom McClintock of California, Jay Obernolte of California and Darrell Issa of California
Arizona Speaker of the House Ben Toma
Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen
Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan
Arizona Cities and Towns
California State Association of Counties & the League of California Cities Central City Association of Los Angeles
Association of California Cities – Orange County
San Bernadino County
League of Oregon Cities
Special Districts Association of Oregon
Association of Idaho Cities
North Dakota League of Cities
Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys
Brentwood Community Council
Bay Area Council
California State Sheriffs' Association
California Police Chiefs Association
Washington State Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
San Mateo County Economic Development Association
Goldwater Institute
Manhattan Institute
Pacific Legal Foundation
California Business Properties Association
LA Alliance for Human Rights
Historic Core Business Improvement District Property Owners Association
Central City East Association
Hollywood Media District Property Owners Association
Hollywood Property Owners Alliance
Venice Stakeholders Association
TMG Partners
Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Building Owners and Managers Association San Francisco
SynBioBeta
Hotel Council of San Francisco
Advance SF
California Hotel and Lodging Association
San Francisco Travel Association
Neighbors for a Better San Francisco
International Municipal Lawyers Association
The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Grants Pass Gospel Rescue Mission
Retail Litigation Center
Retail Industry Leaders Association
LONANG Institute
Pacific Research Institute
Cicero Institute
Local Government Legal Center
International Municipal Lawyers Association
International Downtown Association
California Business Roundtable
Northern Kentucky University Professor Michael Mannheimer
Stephen Eide and Judge Glock, senior fellows at the Manhattan Institute University of Florida Professor John Stinneford
10 private citizens with disabilities from Portland, Oregon, who
previously sued the city for failing to maintain sidewalks free of tent encampments
A group of homeowners, business owners and property owners of "The Zone," Phoenix's largest homeless encampment
Those who have field briefs asking the Supreme Court to affirm the ruling
in favor of Johnson are:

The states of Maryland, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and Vermont
Senators Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and
Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
Representatives Cori Bush of Missouri, Jamaal Bowman of New York, André
Carson of Indiana, Sylvia Garcia of Texas, Pramila Jayapal of Washington,
Ro Khanna of California, Barbara Lee of California, Summer Lee of
Pennsylvania, Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New
York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Delia Ramirez of Illinois, Linda Sanchez of California, Shri Thanedar of Michigan, Rashida Tlaib of
Michigan and Nydia Velázquez of New York
Former Prosecuting Attorney for King County, Seattle Daniel Satterberg
Former Chief Medical Examiner of King County, Washington Richard Harruff Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America
Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry
California Chamber of Commerce
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Current & Former San Francisco Officials and Civic Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union
Center for Constitutional Rights
National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty
Southern Poverty Law Center
American Psychiatric Association
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Association for Rural Mental Health
National Association of Social Workers
Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Oregon Business & Industry
South Mountain Friends Meeting
The Women's Housing, Equality and Enhancement League
The Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
National Coalition for Men
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless
Western Regional Advocacy Project
Local Progress Impact Lab
Advocates for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Advocates for Empowerment CA
Los Angeles Community Action Network
Los Angeles Catholic Worker
Venice Justice Committee
Inner City Law Center
Fines and Fees Justice Center
Rutherford Institute
Street Democracy
Constitutional Accountability Center
StrongHearts
Kairos Center for Religions, Rights and Social Justice and Other Religious Organizations
Law Enforcement Action Partnership
National Police Accountability Project
Emory Civil Rights Society
Better Days Ahead Outreach
Homeless Advocacy Project ("HAP"), a nonprofit organization in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Regional Housing Legal Services
Morgantown RAMP
Project Rainbow
The Kanawha Valley Collective
SOAR WV
National Alliance to End Homelessness
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Corporation for Supportive Housing
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans and 44 other veterans
organizations
Direct Services Providers
Oregon Food Bank
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
National Low Income Housing Coalition
Fund for Empowerment
Safety Net Project of the Urban Justice Center
Convicted People and Families Movement
Shriver Center on Poverty Law
National Consumer Law Center
National Women's Shelter Network, Inc.
National Organization for Women Foundation
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
-Southern Legal Counsel
Florida Justice Institute
Florida Legal Services
Community Justice Project
Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
Florida Housing Umbrella Group
Juvenile Law Center
Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc.
223 experts on unhoused youth
57 social scientists with published research on homelessness
A group of public health professionals and organizations
Former executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness Matthew Doherty
President and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners Shaun Donovan
Director of Mental Health Strategic Impact Initiative Fred Karnas
Founder of Barbara Poppe and Associates Barbara Poppe
Harvard Professors Laurence Tribe and Christopher Lewis
University of Mississippi Professor William Berry III
UCLA Professors Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman
Loyola University Professor William Quigley
University of Florida Professor Jeffrey Adler
Berkley Professor Erwin Chemerinsky
Northeastern Professor Martha Davis
NYU Professor Helen Hershkoff
CUNY Professor Stephen Loffredo
University of Nevada Professor Nantiya Ruan
UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing Balakrishnan Rajagopal
Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty Olivier De Schutter


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