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Air Date 8/6/2024

After the recent Supreme Court ruling that allowed governments to constitutionally purge unhoused people from public spaces, we are getting an immediate lesson in the difference between addressing systemic problems with solutions and using the police to clean up after governments that failed to act.

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KEY POINTS

KP 1: Criminalizing homelessness - Today, Explained - Air Date 7-2-24

KP 2: Sotomayor TORCHES Oregon Town Trying To Ban Homeless People - The Majority Report - Air Date 4-23-24

KP 3: Biden Proposes Major SCOTUS Reforms, Including Ending Lifetime Appointments & Enforcing Ethics Code - Democracy Now! - Air Date 7-30-24

KP 4: Billionaires' Attacks on Homeless People May Pay Off Big at Supreme Court - Citations Needed - Air Date 3-6-24

KP 5: Myths about Homeless People with Dr. Margot Kushel - Factually! - Air Date 5-8-24

KP 6: White House takes new action to lower housing costs - Morning Joe - Air Date 7-16-24

KP 7: Can Homelessness Be Eliminated- One Oregon County Found a Surprising Solution - Thom Hartmann Program - Air Date 4-1-24

(45:37) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the layers of problems and solutions for addressing homelessness

Article: 

With Sacramento’s robust water infrastructure, why are homeless residents still dying of thirst?

DEEPER DIVES

(51:59) SECTION A - THE SUPREME COURT

(1:02:06) SECTION B - DEMONIZATION

(1:19:15) SECTION C - DIGITALIZATION OF RENTING

(1:33:27) SECTION D - SOLUTIONS

SHOW IMAGE: 

Description: A photograph of a group of multicolored camping tents on a plaza outside City Hall in Los Angeles.

Credit: "Unhoused in Los Angeles" by Ron Reiring, Flickr | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 | Changes: Cropped