California bill would stop cities from fining, jailing homeless people for camping

On Friday, Sacramento police took Ginger Gibbons to jail for violating a city ordinance — camping on public property.

After several hours at the downtown jail, she said she returned to her North Sacramento camp to find her belongings and dogs gone. Among the items missing was her new ice chest where she planned to keep water bottles for herself and her camp mates as the summer heat approaches.

“I felt violated,” Gibbons, 56, said Thursday. “My anxiety has been so high since the words, ‘you’re under arrest.’”…

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