What are sweeps?

The forced displacement of homeless communities and removal of homeless individuals from an area.

The threat of force, arrest, citation, and/or destruction of property to coerce homeless communities to disband.

The theft or destruction of property, including vehicles. Or any combination of the above

Press Advisory - for Immediate Release April 18, 2024 Press contacts: "We Will Not Disappear": Simultaneous Protests in 14 Cities Respond to SCOTUS Anti-Homeless Case Homeless-led groups organized through the Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP) are staging rallies, marches, protests, art demos, performances, and teach-ins on April 22, in fourteen cities and counting.

On April 22, 2024 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson. The case determines if the U.S. Constitution allows for local governments to fine, arrest, and jail people for living outside, when they have nowhere else to go.

El 22 de abril de 2024, la corte suprema de los Estados Unidos dará audiencia al caso de City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson. El caso determina si la Constitución de losEstados Unidos permita que los gobiernos locales multen, detengan, y encarcelen a la gente para vivir en la calle, cuando no tiene ...

The City of Grants Pass defines camping as sleeping with a blanket or other covering. If the court sides with Grants Pass, it will give US cities the green light to further criminalize basic survival activities: sleeping, sitting, standing, eating, and more. 

Cities use “sweeps” to enforce anti-homeless laws. Making people move over and over causing immense harm to our communities, including:

The City of Grants Pass defines camping as sleeping with a blanket or other covering. If the court sides with Grants Pass, it will give US cities the green light to further criminalize basic survival activities: sleeping, sitting, standing, eating, and more. 

Cities use “sweeps” to enforce anti-homeless laws. Making people move over and over causing immense harm to our communities, including:

Listen up and Listen In to resistance fighters in the #WarOnThePoor on POOR Magazine PNN KEXU 96.1 #PoPeoplesRadio as we break down the struggle and resistance to anti-poor people violence with Paul Boden Andrea Henson Dogon General and the upcoming statewide resistance action as well as hear from our warrior comrades at #CampResolution facing removal -(excerpt of this podcast will air this Friday , April 19th at 4:30pmPT on Hard Knock Radio - 94.1 fm ) April 22nd - 10am Federal bldg 450 Golden Gate av occupied Yelamu (sf) 10am LA shitty Hall 350 West 1st street

TARGETED, BANISHED, DISPLACED & SWEPT Multi-city day of action next MondayOn April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Johnson v. Grants Pass. The case originated when a group of unhoused people sued the city of Grants Pass, Oregon after it began ticketing them for sleeping on public property.

Huge kudos to everyone who came together to defeat SB 1011 (Jones), a truly awful bill that prohibits sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing personal property within 500 feet of any public or private school, open space, or major transit stop, making large swaths of cities off-limits to unhoused neighbors.