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Courts are curbing cities’ ability to threaten, cite or arrest people merely for being homeless. Now states and cities are searching for loopholes to avoid the injunctions.

California's Democratic lawmakers have been blamed for decades for failing to fix the state's out-of-control homeless problem and are now pushing back, pointing the finger at left-leaning judges and liberal advocates who have held up street-sweeping efforts by arguing such policies violate a person's civil rights.

Appeals court previously ruled out the practice as critics, and Obama's Justice Department, contend it 'criminalizes homelessness.'

On Wednesday morning, city officials reviewed the temporary injunction that limits the city’s ability to sweep encampments off the streets.

Judge Richard Ulmer of San Francisco County Superior Court is currently considering whether to side with the city or protesters alleging that police illegally spied on them in Union Square two years ago.

Judge Richard Ulmer of San Francisco County Superior Court is currently considering whether to side with the city or protesters alleging that police illegally spied on them in Union Square two years ago.

A court hearing in a lawsuit alleging that the San Francisco Police Department illegally spied on protesters in Union Square comes as Mayor London Breed and a number of city supervisors spar on whether to expand the use of surveillance technology.

A court hearing in a lawsuit alleging that the San Francisco Police Department illegally spied on protesters in Union Square comes as Mayor London Breed and a number of city supervisors spar on whether to expand the use of surveillance technology.