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Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and GOP Rep. Darrell Issa are on the same side of a political fight.
All it took to bring them together was a homelessness crisis.
On Monday the Supreme Court is taking up a case with monumental consequences for how cities in California and other states address encampments. At issue is whether local governments can remove encampments if there isn’t more permanent shelter available for homeless people.
Tents pitched in parks, under freeways and across sidewalks have become painfully ubiquitous symbols of a problem that has consumed California politics for years. A lack of progress has fanned public frustration.
Californians across parties and levels of government — from the Newsom administration to Democratic mayors to House Republicans like Issa — have implored the Supreme Court to consider reversing the ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson that prohibits dismantling encampments without moving people indoors.