Supreme Court ruling in homelessness case draws reaction from SF, advocacy groups

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled 6-3 on the contentious Grants Pass, Oregon, case that placing restrictions on unhoused people and where they can sleep is not “cruel and unusual” criminalization of homelessness.

The decision is being supported by city leaders in San Francisco that have decried the restrictions placed on them regarding encampments, but is being excoriated by the American Civil Liberties Union and advocates for the unhoused.