Ok, so I'm doing a bit of research on this Illegal lodging thing and apparently the 9th Court of Appeals has clearly said that "the government can’t constitutionally cite someone from performing a biological function—sleeping—when there’s no place available for them to do so within the bounds of the law."
The Ruling and from the 9th court of Appeals can be downloaded here (PDF File)... so I have to ask myself now, WTF? Mate! Why do I even have this damn ticket? Why are these tickets being given out at all in Santee, a city which has no homeless shelter and is proud of that fact?
This ruling came down April 14, 2006! So again, WTF?
I was a little amused with the bicycle cop the other day, that I posted about, but now I'm very confused on this whole issue. If I can not be ticketed for "Sleeping on the public Sidewalk" then... why do they ask me "where did you sleep last night?" this is getting to be a bit weird.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Confused? You betcha!
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9th Court of Appeals,
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