SAN FRANCISCO
Lee Heidhues 8.2.2024
San Francisco, The City of Saint Francis, is going full speed ahead with its cruel and insane crackdown on its homeless population.
Having been freed up from any legal constraints by the Republican Trump MAGA dominated Supreme Court, Mayor London Breed has unleashed the full power of law enforcement to abuse and disrespect the most down and out people in the City. Breed is blatantly pandering to the law and order voters in her quest to win election for another four years in office on November 3rd.
It was San Francisco’s Brief in the Grants Pass (Oregon) case which Justice Neil Gorsuch cited eight times in the Court’s 6-3 ruling in June unleashing the power of the state.
San Francisco is a mean, nasty town. This annihilation of its homeless population if one of the most treacherous acts in the long history of the city.
Excerpted from San Francisco Standard 8.2.2024
Homeless people brace for arrests, lost property amid ‘barbaric’ crackdown
Nine people have been arrested during sweeps on San Francisco streets since July 29.
Tracy Oxsen, 53, called the crackdown “cruel” and said Breed is abusing the homeless population for “political gain.”
“It’s inhumane,” said Oxsen, who sleeps under the Central Freeway. “They made us this way.”
As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, unhoused people say they are afraid of losing their property — and getting arrested.
“They’re gonna get worse, be barbaric,” said 59-year-old Jeff “Tex” Connick, sitting in front of his tent on Treat Avenue, behind Best Buy. “They’re gonna throw our things away, arrest people.”
Homeless people are voicing their fears as the city moves forward with “very aggressive” sweeps promised by Mayor London Breed in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision. The ruling gives cities broader authority to punish people for sleeping or camping outdoors, even if there is no available shelter space.
Emboldened by the decision, Breed has said the city will clear tents from sidewalks and underpasses without warning people first, as has been the norm for years. On Thursday, the mayor went further, issuing an executive order directing city workers to offer bus tickets to homeless people before offering them shelter beds.
Top photo: The homeless a block away from Mayor Breed’s office in San Francisco City Hall
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