Tootfinder

Criminalizing poverty is cruel and inhumane 😡
1. OPD should never ever cite or arrest someone just for being homeless
2. Before evicting someone from their shelter of last resort, the city should provide an option of a safe place to go, and enough time to move there with their belongings
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Oakland could arrest people for being homeless under councilmember’s proposal 
An Oakland councilmember has proposed new encampment rules that would fundamentally alter how the city interacts with people living on the street.

Law enforcement officials on Sunday removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades
after Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of "homeless encampments" in the nation’s capital.
Philipos Melaku-Bello, a volunteer who has manned the vigil for years, told The Associated Press that the Park Police removed it early Sunday morning.
He said officials justified the removal by mislabeling the memorial a…

Decades-long peace vigil outside White House is dismantled
Law enforcement officials have removed a peace vigil that had stood outside the White House for more than four decades after President Donald Trump ordered it to be taken down as part of the clearing of homeless encampments in the nation’s capital. Philipos Melaku-Bello, a volunteer who has manned the vigil for years, told The Associated Press that the Park Police removed it early Sunday morning, He says officials justified the removal by mislabeling the memorial as a shelter. The White House…

Homelessness Prevention Unit participants 71% less likely to enter a shelter, study finds
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-homelessness.html