Sacramento County To Weigh Giving Law Enforcement More Authority To Crack Down on Homeless Encampments 

‘This is something that is needed,’ the county’s district attorney says, noting that it has become a humanitarian and environmental ‘crisis.’

AP/Jenny Kane
Workers dismantle a homeless encampment on June 28, 2024, at Portland, Oregon. AP/Jenny Kane

Sacramento County appears poised to grant law enforcement more authority to clear homeless encampments — marking the latest urban homelessness landscape change since the Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that enforcing public camping bans, even in the absence of available shelter beds, is constitutional. 

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