There have been efforts to #criminalise people who live on the streets in the #UnitedStates.
Supreme Court judges are due to rule on whether a law that essentially makes being #homeless a crime, is #constitutional.
The ruling could affect the lives of more than half a million people.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports from #LosAngeles.
Making homelessness a crime would not stop people from being homeless. It would only help the US industrialized prison slave labour sweatshops - which is another state sanctioned, capitalist fueled, cruelty upon itself.
After substantial opposition from many in the Cairnsmore neighbourhood, #Duncan#CityCouncil has decided not to allow an #ExtremeWeather#EmergencyShelter to be set up this winter at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
Council made the decision in a tight 4-3 vote in front of a packed council chambers at its meeting on Nov. 6.