L.A. County supervisors reaffirm policy against jailing homeless people after anticamping high court ruling

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to support a motion affirming that its jails won’t be used to hold homeless people arrested in the enforcement of anticamping ordinances.

The five-member board reaffirmed the approach, which county officials have said is already in effect. The move came days after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to remove homeless encampments in their jurisdictions and encouraged cities to do the same, citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling, which cleared the way for more aggressive enforcement of anticamping laws.

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