From our partners inewsource: For months, MayorToddGloria has pushed police to enforce the city's laws about blocking sidewalks or sleeping where it's not allowed, but since the start of the pandemic, the CityAttorneySD hasn't landed a conviction.
For months, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has touted efforts to clear sidewalks of homeless encampments that he says pose a hazard to public health and safety.
at helping people out of homelessness. Given the resources it takes to cite and arrest people only to have cases rejected or dismissed, Chanin toldNone of the agencies involved — the mayor’s office, city attorney, public defenders or police department — were willing or able to answer that question. Officials in the public defender’s office also declined an interview, opting instead to send a written statement that they encourage “these types of homeless-related crimes to be resolved throughHomeless Court is similar to a diversion program where participants agree to have misdemeanor offenses like jaywalking or being under the influence of a controlled substance resolved in ways that emphasize positive lifestyle choices over traditional judicial procedure.
Laing ignored emailed questions about the resources used to arrest and prosecute people for these crimes, and about the lack of prosecutions following arrests. The city attorney’s office has been more likely to reject these cases since the start of the pandemic. Jackoway, the spokesperson, declined to explain the shift, saying only that prosecutors reject cases for a number of reasons, such as lack of evidence.
Coleen Cusack, a defense attorney who donates her services to homeless people charged in these cases, said the reason why the city isn’t prosecuting these cases is clear.
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