The order means the city’s updated ordinance regulating the size and location of the camps is now in full effect.
The tents of homeless campers stand on the opposite side of a fence next to the Marin Roofing Co. on Francisco Boulevard West in San Rafael, Calif., on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. San Rafael is free to enforce its regulations on homeless campers following a federal court ruling Thursday that ended a year of litigation.approved in July 2023 that aimed to curb a trend of violence, crime and littering associated with large encampments, city officials said.
Over the past year, the Mahon Creek Path camp, which the occupants call “Camp Integrity,” has grown from about 33 tents to 67. Anthony Prince, a California Homeless Union attorney, said he would have preferred Chen to deny the city’s motion to dismiss the case. Prince said the members of the union, which has a San Rafael chapter, remain skeptical of how local governments will act in light of thefrom Gov. Gavin Newsom last month compelling state agencies to remove camps of homeless people and urging cities to do the same.
Advocates and homeless residents sued the city over the city-sanctioned encampment called the “service support area,” or SSA, that was opened on a commuter lot under Highway 101.
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