Alvey treads carefully when she and her dog, Stuart, walk the dappled trail behind their apartment in Folsom, Calif.
Since the pandemic, her neighbors have included homeless campers along a brook known as Humbug Creek.
There’s the man who periodically emerges from the brush, yelling in fear and tearing at tree limbs.
Until recently, federal appellate courts limited how far cities could go to clear encampments.
But late last month, the Supreme Court ruled that they could remove homeless residents sleeping outdoors, a decision that has already begun to reshape how they deal with homelessness.
Persons:
Stuart, campfires
Locations:
Folsom, Calif