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Trump’s Crackdown on Homelessness: What Does It Mean for California?
CALIFORNIA, JUL 24 – The order shifts federal homelessness policy toward law enforcement and involuntary treatment, threatening to cut funding from cities that do not enforce encampment removal and anti-camping laws.
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order on July 24, 2024, directing states and cities to use law enforcement and civil commitments to address homelessness.
- The order aims to upend California's 'housing first' and harm reduction strategies by prioritizing involuntary treatment and pushing for anti-camping enforcement.
- It promises grants to expand mental health and drug courts but includes no funding for new treatment beds, and threatens to withhold funds from noncompliant areas.
- California’s CARE Court program, active since late 2023, allows judges to create voluntary treatment plans, but Trump’s order pushes for easier forced commitments, prompting civil rights backlash.
- The order follows a 2024 Supreme Court ruling permitting arrests for homeless camping and may pressure California to enforce stricter measures, risking federal funding cuts if homelessness persists.
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Trump’s crackdown on homelessness: What does it mean for California?
By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters President Donald Trump’s new law-and-order approach to homelessness bears several striking resemblances to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s. Trump wants cities to enforce laws that make it illegal for homeless people to sleep outside. So does Newsom. Trump threatened to withhold funding from places that don’t. So did Newsom. And the president wants to make it easier to force homeless people living with serious mental illness or…
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union-bulletin.comTrump’s homelessness crackdown direction draws pushback and some nods in California's Orange County
Orange County officials and front-line workers are responding with a mix of concern and selective support to President Donald Trump 's new executive order targeting homelessness, a sweeping directive that leans heavily on law enforcement, civil commitments and mandatory treatment.
Trump’s homelessness crackdown direction draws pushback and some nods in Orange County
Orange County officials and frontline workers are responding with a mix of concern and selective support to President Donald Trump‘s new executive order targeting homelessness, a sweeping directive that leans heavily on law enforcement, civil commitments and mandatory treatment. Signed Thursday, July 24, the order calls for a reset on how federal and local governments address homelessness. It encourages states to expand civil commitments, which …
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