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U.S. Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Dec. 8, 2023

Amici: Politicians are hiding behind homeless court rulings

Gov. Gavin Newsom, the cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as other California and western jurisdictions filed amicus briefs siding with Grants Pass, Oregon, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court should grant its writ of certiorari and reverse the 9th Circuit decision.

Amici: Politicians are hiding behind homeless court rulings
Gov. Gavin Newsom speaking in San Francisco on Nov. 9. (Shutterstock)

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California cities that have filed amicus briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a major 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals homelessness ruling are disingenuously blaming their own policy decisions on court rulings, a lawyer for homeless plaintiffs wrote in an amicus brief.

Attorneys for the city of Grants Pass, Oregon asked the Supreme Court in August to reverse a 9th Circuit ruling that banned anti-camping o...

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