Bacterial disease at Berkeley homeless camp

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit granted, in part, a city of Berkeley emergency motion and will allow city officials to continue clearing a long-running homeless encampment at 8th and Harrison. The panel held that the city persuasively indicated that leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that poses a serious public health risk, has been detected on the site and warrants clearing the Berkeley Homeless Union members who remain at the encampment. Insofar as a district court order prevents the continued abatement of the camp, the city’s motion for the stay is granted.Read the ruling here.Read our previous coverage of this dispute here.Subscribe to our free newslettersOur weekly newsletter Closing Arguments offers the latest about ongoing trials, major litigation and rulings in courthouses around the U.S. and the world, while the monthly Under the Lights dishes the legal dirt from Hollywood, sports, Big Tech and the arts.Additional Reads