Newsom’s push to enforce anti-camping laws repeats mistakes on homelessness
Santa Monica Daily Press
August 5, 2024, 11:00 pm
I’ve been looking for you.” These were the words that haunted me during the more than two decades I spent living on the streets of Los Angeles, from 1977 to 1998. At the time, the city enforced robust anti-camping laws that kept homeless people out of sight but made it nearly impossible for friends,