U.S. Supreme Court Impacts Homeless in Sacramento, California

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Published 2024-07-01
Carol Dutcher, homeless and recently swept from an encampment in Rio Linda talks about how she has no place to go and how a ticket only makes it harder for her to get housed because she has no way to even appear in court on June 28, 2024. Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to uphold the power of governments to impose civil punishment for camping outside.

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All Comments (21)
  • @srp4551
    This breaks my heart. 100 years from now, they will look back on us in disgust for allowing people to be homeless - the same way we have disgust for those who used to tolerate slavery.
  • @peterdvideos
    Sacramento Bee why aren’t you investigating where the BILLIONS in homeless funds went????
  • @terriem3922
    Stop abusing the poor! Rents are impossible and there are 2 year waiting lists for housing. 😮 Giving elderly people tockets for homelessness is Stupid. Blame the local law makers. We need zoning changes. Stop ignoring that housing has not kept up with population increases. Stop being Cruel.
  • @arleneolson8301
    This poor women. This is tragic beyond words! What is WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY!!
  • @TeaPea-jq4ib
    The criminalization of poverty. Helps out the prison industrial complex. Seen this coming for a while now.
  • Homeless people over 55 need to be excempt from these laws. I have a lot of compassion for this person.
  • @apetivist
    Cruelty is the whole point of American politics.
  • Heartbreaking. I feel like we're all a few choices or unfortunate happenings away from being homeless.
  • @taradufour2187
    Giving tickets to homeless people, is cruel and unusual punishment and undue finicial hardship. Against out laws and gross misuse of governmental power shame on you government!
  • @danielszngirls
    She seems like a good one. They need to give her section 8. She's not a POS meth addict.
  • @ShellyBomb
    💔 This breaks my heart; this is not right whatsoever! Come on America 🇺🇸 we can do better than this - having a senior woman on the street / unhoused is not acceptable!!! 😢
  • @piperp34
    It's up to us now. If we don't help each other, we are screwed.
  • @Nay-ew4uj
    I’m in Sacramento, how do I get a hold of this lady? I don’t have much at all, but even giving her a little help would make a big difference.
  • @evamartin1787
    If i was the person holding that camera she would be coming home with me. I could not walk off and leave her there.
  • @dudeatlarge4851
    This country has gone right down the shiter !! What ever happened to compassion and empathy?
  • @thomasjue1539
    and yet the illegal immigrants will get placed in front the line for housing while elderly lady has to wait for over a year.