Constitutional Law,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 6, 2024
All homeless plaintiffs now housed, SF argues, so suit should be dismissed
San Francisco has provided shelter and housing for thousands of homeless people, including the seven who sued the city over its anti-public camping law, and therefore no one has standing to continue the suit, the city attorney's office contends.
In the wake of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling this summer, the San Francisco city attorney's office is trying again to persuade a U.S. magistrate judge in Oakland to dismiss homeless plaintiffs' lawsuit on the grounds that they don't have standing to get an injunction because they now have housing.
"Because no Plaintiff has standing for any of the claims, and no claim has been sufficiently alleged, the Court should grant the City's motion to dismiss and mot...
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