Sacramento Homeless Union v. City of Sacramento
What's at Stake
The 老澳门开奖结果, along with the Northern and Southern California affiliates and four other organizations, filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit supporting affirmance of a preliminary injunction that prevented the City of Sacramento from clearing homeless encampments during periods of extreme heat.
Summary
The lower court found that the City鈥檚 sweeps during 90-plus degree weather separated unhoused individuals from communities that provided food, water, and weather-protective materials; removed them from areas shaded from sun; and required them to hurriedly pack their belongings and search for a new place to live under extremely hot and stressful conditions; and that all this resulted in collapse, illness, and death.
The 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 brief argues that the lower court properly applied the applicable legal standards in issuing its injunction. The brief explains that the City鈥檚 conduct is exactly the type of state action that courts have found violates the Due Process Clause鈥檚 prohibition on state-created danger.
It also points out that the City鈥檚 sweeps disproportionately harm people with disabilities, who make up a majority of the unhoused population in Sacramento and are particularly vulnerable to the harms created by sweeps in extreme temperatures, and that the City has an affirmative obligation under federal law to modify its enforcement scheme in order not to burden or harm unhoused people with disabilities.
Legal Documents
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Amicus Brief
Court: Appeals Court (9th Cir.)
Affiliate: Northern California, Southern California