California to intervene in case blocking San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, Newsom says

Gov. Gavin Newsom said a federal case preventing San Francisco from cleaning up homeless encampments has “gone too far." The state may intervene to overturn the case.

Newsom made his remarks during an interview with news outlet Politico in Sacramento. He previously blasted U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle but had not disclosed his administration's plan to file an amicus brief supporting the city's efforts to overturn the ruling.

Ryu granted the injunction in December after homeless advocates argued the city had been violating the law by clearing homeless encampments without offering shelter and improperly throwing out peoples' belongings such as cellphones and medication.