Supreme Court deciding whether they consider it cruel and unusual punishment to jail or fine people for being homeless

[ericbarbour]

fwiw, Elk Grove had a notorious history of racism when it was a tiny little farm town. Now it's an exploding suburb. The population went from about 4000 people in the 1970s to 176,000 today. But it still has a lot of elderly white folk, many retired local farmers, who don't "those people" in their "little town". Pathetic.

The Wikipedia article doesn't mention it and you will have difficulty finding any weblinks that discuss it. Because the people who run the town today really do NOT want word to get around. But that attitude persists with some locals.

https://www.abc10.com/article/news/loca ... -507053072
https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news ... e-schools/
https://backstoryradio.org/blog/dont-le ... wn-on-you/

[Archer]

Supreme Court ruled they think it is not cruel and unusual punishment to criminalize homeless sleeping on public property

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/nx-s1-49 ... ncampments

I wonder how much this particular nugget of wisdom cost the taxpayer.