Litigation & Arbitration
Aug. 21, 2023
Sacramento residents sue to close homeless shelter, citing ballot initiative
Voters passed Measure O in November with 52% of the vote. According to the law’s ballot title, it requires the city to build more emergency shelter spaces, allocates $5 million a year for homeless services, “prohibits encampments,” and “allows residents to bring action against the city for unlawful camping or storage on city property.”
A group of Sacramento residents sued to close a city-run homeless shelter — by citing a law passed after the shelter opened.
“The City Council put Measure O on the ballot of its own volition,” wrote John R. Garner, an attorney with Garner & Associates LLP, in the complaint filed Thursday. “However, in subsequent consideration of its contract with Hope Cooperative, there is no consideration for the ways in which operation of a shelter a...
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