Orange County is set to tighten its anti-camping regulations aimed at unhoused people. If the Orange County Board of Supervisors approves the new ordinance at its Tuesday meeting, people could face fines and jail time for sleeping along flood control channels and on other county-owned land.
The bigger picture
The move follows dozens of Southern California cities that have done the same in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling last year. The court found it is within the Constitution to punish people for sleeping in public spaces even if they have nowhere else to sleep.
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