12/23/2023 0 Comments Last shelter state vs state survival![]() ![]() District Court for the Northern District of California found in favor of the plaintiffs in the underlying lawsuit filed last year, in which they argued San Francisco has a pattern of forcibly displacing unhoused individuals and destroying their belongings, without providing shelter or affordable housing as required by the Constitution and human decency. LCCRSF, ACLU NorCal, and Latham & Watkins LLP represent the Coalition on Homelessness in its lawsuit against San Francisco. The letter outlines proposed settlement terms that fall into three categories: first, ensuring San Francisco prioritizes the rapid development of affordable housing and expanding access to temporary shelter second, creating a new framework for the City’s response to street encampments and third, ongoing monitoring of the City’s actions to ensure it follows through. These conditions affect every person who lives and works in San Francisco, most acutely those forced to sleep on the streets.” The letter begins, “Residents are rightly frustrated that the City has failed time and again to address its housing affordability crisis-with inhumane consequences for conditions on our streets. We’re looking for real, commonsense solutions in partnership with the City.” “No one, including our clients, believes the City should embrace street homelessness and turn a blind eye to the conditions on the street. Shroff, Acting Legal Director of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area. “We invite City leaders to meet us on the substantial common ground we all share,” said Zal K. The letter includes specific settlement terms that could be acceptable to the plaintiffs, the Coalition on Homelessness, and individuals who have been adversely affected by the City’s ineffective management of the homelessness crisis. SAN FRANCISCO – Today the ACLU of Northern California Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) Law Enforcement Action Partnership National Police Accountability Project Western Center on Law and Poverty Disability Rights California and the San Francisco Public Defenders’ Office sent a letter to San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu, inviting him to settlement discussions in the lawsuit against the City’s approach to managing street homelessness. ![]()
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