Civil Rights,
Government
Nov. 29, 2018
Homeless people do not have a constitutional right to camp on city-owned property, judge rules
A group of homeless people do not have the constitutional right to camp on a vacant piece of fenced-off land owned by the city, an Oakland federal judge ruled Wednesday.
A group of homeless people do not have the constitutional right to camp on a vacant piece of fenced-off land owned by the city, an Oakland federal judge ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. said there is no Eighth Amendment violation if city officials evict those in the camp because they face no threat of arrest.
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