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As of Sunday, Santa Rita Jail has 15 inmates who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Concerns about conditions inside the jail have led attorneys and leaders from faith-based community organizations to urge reductions in the jail’s population.
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A federal court ruled against three homeless men and in favor of the city of Berkeley last week, deciding that constitutional rights were not violated in the removals of a homeless encampment and that the procedural seizure of people’s possessions was valid.
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U.S. District Judge William Alsup sided with the City of Berkeley on April 16 against claims that three women arrested during Berkeley Police Department’s removal of a homeless encampment in 2016 were victims of police brutality or police retaliation.
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A federal court ruling that the criminalization of homeless people “sitting, sleeping, or lying outside” is unconstitutional has resulted in immediate consequences for the city of Berkeley’s homelessness policy.
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Emails from within the Berkeley Police Department show that the department created a policy of publicizing the photos and personal information of arrested protesters, as first reported by Mic.
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The “Here There” encampment residents woke up Wednesday morning to find the site covered with “NOTICE OF TRESPASS” flyers, urging residents to clear out of the space within the next 72 hours.
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A new set of proposed policies that aim to shift the city’s response to homeless encampments were presented at the Thursday morning meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness.
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A lawyer representing the advocacy group First They Came for the Homeless sent an open letter to the Berkeley City Council Ad-Hoc Committee on Homeless Solutions on Friday, alleging that the city has consistently violated unhoused residents’ legal protections and constitutional rights during homeless encampment disbandments.
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