California SB634 prohibits local governments from penalizing acts related to homelessness, aiming to end the state's homelessness crisis.
California SB634 prohibits local and state governments from penalizing acts related to homelessness, such as conducting life-sustaining activities, to remove barriers to ending homelessness. The bill aims to address California's homelessness crisis by ensuring that local jurisdictions do not impose additional restrictions beyond those set forth in the act. It emphasizes that homelessness is primarily caused by the unaffordability of housing and historical discrimination, and that criminalizing homelessness does not contribute to its resolution.
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