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Government

Jan. 5, 2023

US magistrate judge asked to define 'involuntarily homeless'

The city and county of San Francisco asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu to answer this question in a motion Tuesday for clarification to settle a potential conflict of federal court orders.

US magistrate judge asked to define 'involuntarily homeless'
Homeless tents in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, the day San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared a state of emergency in the Tenderloin neighborhood. New York Times News Service

Are people who choose to be homeless or who refuse offers of shelter involuntarily homeless?

The city and county of San Francisco asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu to answer this question in a motion Tuesday for clarification to settle a potential conflict of federal court orders.

Ryu issued an order Dec. 23 prohibiting the city from threatening to enforce certain sitting, lying and sleeping laws against...

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