S1: Welcome. In San Diego , it's Jade Hindman. On today's show , we're talking about the Supreme Court's ruling on encampment bans and what the effect might be here in San Diego County. This is midday edition , connecting our communities through conversation. On Friday , the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Grants Pass , Oregon , arguing that the city's ban on people sleeping in public spaces does not amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
S1: Very interesting. Also interesting. Um , that he mentioned the possibility of stricter regulations. S2: Um , and also the specific areas that the city has targeted , uh , have not expanded much beyond , um , parks and near schools initially , even though there are other areas that they can cite or make arrests if people are staying in those areas , even if there's not shelter available. Um , but really , what has throttled this enforcement and throttles all enforcement tied to homelessness is that the city doesn't have a significant number of open shelter beds every day.
S2: Oh , I would say there's a lot of concern , um , across the country about this right now among advocates. Um , and , you know , some are trying to actually mobilize and , and discuss , uh , how to respond to this. Um , and certainly advocates locally are pretty concerned as well. Um , but we're still kind of waiting to see how this all shakes out.
S1: Well , the county has considered implementing its own version of the encampment ban as our other cities in the region I mentioned earlier , Escondido just passed one last week. S2: But I will say , you know what I what I take from it , Jade , is that , um , the stories I do about homelessness and our behavioral health crisis and our housing crisis matter. Um , and you know , that that work is often very hard to tell these stories. Um , you're often seeing a lot of tough things , and these are very heated issues. Um , but it tells me that that work matters , and I've got a lot more work ahead of me.
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