Supreme Court leaves cities with one option on homelessness: More housing

A Laguna Beach police officer talks with a homeless man.  (Los Angeles Times)
By BENJAMIN ORESKES,  STAFF WRITER, LOS ANGELES TIMES
DEC. 17, 2019
For Los Angeles and dozens of other cities across the West, all struggling to deal with a growing number of people living on the streets, Monday made clear that the only solutions to homelessness are more housing and more services.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided against hearing an appeal of the landmark case City of Boise vs. Martin, letting stand a ruling that amounts to a broad curb on police powers in California and eight other states to stop people from sleeping on public property if no other shelter is available. LINK TO FULL ARTICLE BY LOS ANGELES TIMES