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Governor Gavin Newsom just issued an executive order that would represent the largest homeless encampment sweep effort in the nation since the Supreme Court handed down their decision that cities can ban sleeping outdoors. After the Supreme Court issued their decision in late June that cities can prohibit unhoused people from camping outdoors, San Francisco Mayor London Breed was quick to vow that she would use these new powers to more aggressively clear homeless encampments across the city. She’s not the only one. The New York Times reports that Governor...