Oct. 28, 2026
9th Circuit allows Berkeley to clear homeless camp but preserves broader restrictions
A divided appellate panel allowed Berkeley to finish clearing an encampment where a bacterial infection was detected but declined to suspend court-ordered protections for homeless residents' property and disability accommodations.
A divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday that Berkeley may finish clearing a homeless encampment where a bacterial infection was detected but refused to suspend broader restrictions on the city's treatment of homeless residents and their property.
The three-judge panel agreed that the public health threat posed by leptospirosis justified allowing Berkeley to clear the largely vacated encampment at Harrison and Eighth streets. But Judges Sidney R. Thomas a...
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