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After Supreme Court's Grants Pass ruling, Stockton staff outline parks "take-back" plan and a study session
Summary
City Manager Black briefed the council on the U.S. Supreme Court's Grants Pass v. Johnson decision and proposed an operational "take back parks" strategy plus a study session in August to evaluate code changes, enforcement procedures, storage and notice protocols, and fiscal and logistic needs. Public commenters and council members urged pairing enforcement with shelter capacity and services.
City Manager Black delivered a policy update after the U.S. Supreme Court's June 28 decision in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, telling the council Stockton must balance enforcement tools with service delivery as the city considers updates to camping, camping-notice, and property-collection practices.
Black said the Grants Pass ruling reversed the Ninth Circuit's earlier decision and allows broadly applicable anti-camping ordinances to survive Eighth…
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