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Redondo Beach introduces ordinance to revert camping rules after Supreme Court decision, adds bus-stop restriction option
Summary
The Redondo Beach City Council introduced an amended municipal ordinance on Tuesday to revert the city's camping rules to their pre-2020 form after the U.S. Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision removed the Martin v. Boise constraint.
The Redondo Beach City Council voted on Tuesday to introduce an ordinance amending the municipal camping code to align with the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Grants Pass v. Johnson decision and to restore a pre-2020 approach to public-place camping prohibitions.
What changed in the law: City Attorney Joy Ford told the council that in 2020 the city amended its camping ordinance to comply with Martin v. Boise, which limited enforcement when shelter beds were unavailable. "In 2020, the city council amended our municipal code so that it was in compliance to the Martin v Boise case," Ford said. "In June of 2024, the United States Supreme Court passed the Grants Pass v. Johnson case, which…
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