He California Governor Gavin Newsom issues executive order this Thursday for evict homeless people who pitch tents in public places based on a recent decision of the Federal Supreme Court.

The order thus calls for the dismantling of thousands of homeless campsites. “Orders state authorities to urgently intervene in the situation with dangerous camps and provide support and assistance to the persons living in them”Newsom himself explained this in statements collected online. cnn.

It also sets criteria and guidelines so that cities and counties “can do the same.” On this point, he said:

There are simply no more excuses. It’s time for everyone to do their part.

The order has already been criticized by organizations supporting the homeless. “Newsom could have issued this order before the (Supreme) decision. The only difference is that now the authorities can freely detain and arrest people. “even if there are no vacancies in shelters,” warned Chris Herring, a sociology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

He later added:

Before the Supreme Court’s decision, cities could try to organize a reception before dismantling the camps. Now (…) they can dismantle them under threat of imposing incredibly high fines that these people will not be able to pay, for which they could end up in jail.

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A San Francisco City Council spokesman said the city has already begun to intervene. “Staff come out every day to take people indoors and clean and clear the campsites.”– Parisa Safarzade noted.

The Supreme Court’s decision is based on a case by the small town of Grants Pass, Oregon, which banned homeless people from camping in certain areas. He denies that this constitutes cruel or degrading treatment, as claimed by human rights groups.

This decision is one of the most important in recent decades in relation to more than 653,000 homeless people in the countryThis is evidenced by data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

This conservative decision, paradoxically, is in favor of Democratic-majority states such as Californiawhere are the prominent representatives appealed to the Supreme Court asking it to make such a decision in order to more effectively combat the presence of homeless people on the streets.

Europe Press