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ArticleFrontiers in public health2025

Geospatial evaluation of San Francisco, California's homeless encampment sweeps injunction.

Sean G Young, Vincent Truong, William P Watson, Cari A Bogulski

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Sean G YoungPeter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Vincent TruongPeter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
William P WatsonDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States.
Cari A BogulskiDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, United States.

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Abstract

Introduction: Homelessness remains a pervasive issue in many communities within the United States (US). "Sit-lie" policies restrict where individuals can sit or lie down in public places and are frequently passed and cited to forcibly re-locate individuals experiencing homelessness. In December 2022, a federal judge issued a temporary injunction of San Francisco, California's sit-lie policy, due to a pending lawsuit arguing that the enforcement of such policies when shelter cannot be offered is a violation of the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution. Methods: To examine the effects of this preliminary injunction, we spatially examined data from San Francisco's 311 reporting system to identify encampment report hot spots. Results and discussion: Overall, we found spatial shifting of encampment reporting, but fewer reports overall during the preliminary injunction period, relative to 1 year prior. Future work should examine the effect of the reversal of the injunction following a recent Supreme Court decision and subsequent ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Ill-Housed PersonsHumansSan Francisco311 datacluster detectionencampmentshomelessnesshot spot analysispublic policy

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PMID39975788
PMCPMC11835865

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