California's Democratic lawmakers have been blamed for decades for failing to fix the state's out-of-control homeless problem and are now pushing back, pointing the finger at left-leaning judges and liberal advocates who have held up street-sweeping efforts by arguing such policies violate a…
California's Democratic lawmakers have been blamed for decades for failing to fix the state's out-of-control homeless problem and are now pushing back, pointing the finger at left-leaning judges and liberal advocates who have held up street-sweeping efforts by arguing such policies violate a person's civil rights.
The misery of homelessness, coupled with mental illness and drug addiction, has turned once-beautiful cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles into public toilets and has led to previously like-minded groups turning on one another. The scene outside the courthouse was just as dramatic as protesters and counterprotesters shouted over one another.
"I literally was talking about putting a big sign with the judge's phone number saying, 'Call the judge. We want to clean this up, too. Yes, we're aware. Yes, we see what you see,'" he told the newspaper.
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