Street Fight Part II: Cruel & Unusual

Homelessness today looks very different than it did in the 1980s, when American cities first woke up to this crisis. Today, we explore the legal battles that turned survival outside into a constitutional question.

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THIS EPISODE FEATURES:

Estela Lopez, Kevin Cope

LINKS:

⁠Estela Lopez’s organization

Los Angeles magazine article that features Lopez

Jones v. City of Los Angeles settlement

Martin v. City of Boise initial opinion

Martin v. City of Boise amended opinion

NPR story that quotes Pam Hawkes and her lawyer

Kevin Cope of the University of Virginia School of Law