California’s unhoused people protest US supreme court order: ‘Not going to push us out of view’

Berkeley , California , is home to the largest unsheltered homeless population in the US .

Following the ruling, dozens of cities around the US issued new, harsher anti-camping policies.

Berkeley and Oakland , both made it easier for authorities to remove encampments.

The encampments are meant to be a safe place for residents displaced from existing encampments across the East Bay .

Berkeley has not conducted any major sweeps since the policy changes passed, though organizers said residents of smaller encampments have received verbal notice to relocate.

Oakland 's 1,627 beds, including group facilities, cabins and cabins, serve an estimated 5,500 people, over 3,600 of them unsheltered.

Neither Berkeley nor Oakland have enough shelter capacity to cover its unhoused residents.

The city is also planning to use funds made available by Newsom to lease a 27 -bed motel and expand the city’s non-congregate shelter bed count to 120 .

Newsom said his state-wide strategy is aimed at “getting people off the streets and sidewalks. We got to get them out of these tents and encampments”.