SACRAMENTO, CA – A new analysis from the Sacramento County Department of Health Services reveals nearly one-third of people booked into the county jail system are experiencing homelessness, shedding light on how the criminal justice system continues to function as a revolving door for those without stable housing, according to the Sacramento Bee.
As The Sacramento Bee reported, both the Sacramento Police Department and the Sacramento County Regional Parks Rangers have increased arrests for illegal camping since a June 2024 Supreme Court decision upheld the legality of such enforcement.
The Bee emphasized these arrests form part of a wider criminalization of unhoused people in the county…