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News in English (USA) / 17.08.2025 / 04:00

San Francisco Intensifies Homelessness Enforcement Amid Legal Changes

San Francisco has adopted new tools to manage homeless camps, coinciding with a trend among cities to increase arrests of homeless individuals following a recent Supreme Court ruling. This development raises significant concerns about criminalizing homelessness, as federal legislation seeks to address the surge of local laws that do just that. The experiences of an unhoused resident in San Francisco illustrate the challenges faced in this new era of street enforcement.
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