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CJ 322, Tu/Th 9:30
11/12/15
Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco
846 F.Supp 843 (ND Cal 1994)
1. Facts
 April 1992 San FranciscoMayor’s Office of EconomicPlanningandDevelopmentissuea
reportsayingthat homelessnesscoststhe city$173 millioninsalesdrain
 Aug.1993 city commencesMatrix Programand the Police beginenforcing
 Program addressespublicdrinking,obstructionof sidewalks,lodging/camping/sleeping
inpublicparks,littering,publicurination,panhandling,dumpingof refuse,graffiti,
vandalism,streetprostitutionandnarcoticsales
 Police gothrougheducationclassestotrainfornondiscriminatingenforcement
 Matrix Programresultsinissuance of 3000 citationsto homelesspeople
 BobbyJoe Joyce,TimothyE.Smith,ThomasO’HalloranandJimTullahsue the city of San
Franciscofor a preliminaryinjunctionagainstthe Matrix Programfor penalizing
homelesspersonsengaginginlife-sustainingactivities
 US DistrictJudge Lowell Jensendeniesthismotion
2. Issue
Shouldthe court grant the preliminaryinjunction?
Is the Matrix Programa denial of equal protection?
Shouldthe “rightto sleep”be a fundamental right?
Doesthe Matrix Program violate the DPclause of the Constitution?
3. Holdings
No,affirmed
No
Decline toanswer
Notenoughinfo
4. Reasoning
Injunctiondeniedfortworeasons.1.The injunctionlacksthe necessaryspecificitytobe
enforced.2.The legal theoriesthe plaintiffsrelyonare notapplicable tothe grievancessought
against.Courtcan’t findbalance of harm and merit.
The city has nottakenan evidentintenttodiscriminate againstanidentifiable group.
The police hadto go throughnondiscriminatorytrainingandthe aimof the program wasn’tto
discriminate againstthe homeless.Ithoweverwillfall predominantlyonthe homeless, but
doesn’tviolate the equalprotectionclause.
The plaintiffshave submitteddeclarationsof varioushomelesspersonssupportingthe
assortedapplicationof the SFParkCode.Plaintiffshave accuratelydepictedthe mannerin
whichthe sectionisenforcedandmayhave beenappliedtothe conductnotcoveredbythe
sect.and may have beenenforcedunconstitutionally.

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Joyce v. city and county of san francisco

  • 1. HaroldSowardsII CJ 322, Tu/Th 9:30 11/12/15 Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco 846 F.Supp 843 (ND Cal 1994) 1. Facts  April 1992 San FranciscoMayor’s Office of EconomicPlanningandDevelopmentissuea reportsayingthat homelessnesscoststhe city$173 millioninsalesdrain  Aug.1993 city commencesMatrix Programand the Police beginenforcing  Program addressespublicdrinking,obstructionof sidewalks,lodging/camping/sleeping inpublicparks,littering,publicurination,panhandling,dumpingof refuse,graffiti, vandalism,streetprostitutionandnarcoticsales  Police gothrougheducationclassestotrainfornondiscriminatingenforcement  Matrix Programresultsinissuance of 3000 citationsto homelesspeople  BobbyJoe Joyce,TimothyE.Smith,ThomasO’HalloranandJimTullahsue the city of San Franciscofor a preliminaryinjunctionagainstthe Matrix Programfor penalizing homelesspersonsengaginginlife-sustainingactivities  US DistrictJudge Lowell Jensendeniesthismotion 2. Issue Shouldthe court grant the preliminaryinjunction? Is the Matrix Programa denial of equal protection? Shouldthe “rightto sleep”be a fundamental right? Doesthe Matrix Program violate the DPclause of the Constitution? 3. Holdings No,affirmed No Decline toanswer Notenoughinfo 4. Reasoning Injunctiondeniedfortworeasons.1.The injunctionlacksthe necessaryspecificitytobe enforced.2.The legal theoriesthe plaintiffsrelyonare notapplicable tothe grievancessought against.Courtcan’t findbalance of harm and merit. The city has nottakenan evidentintenttodiscriminate againstanidentifiable group. The police hadto go throughnondiscriminatorytrainingandthe aimof the program wasn’tto discriminate againstthe homeless.Ithoweverwillfall predominantlyonthe homeless, but doesn’tviolate the equalprotectionclause.
  • 2. The plaintiffshave submitteddeclarationsof varioushomelesspersonssupportingthe assortedapplicationof the SFParkCode.Plaintiffshave accuratelydepictedthe mannerin whichthe sectionisenforcedandmayhave beenappliedtothe conductnotcoveredbythe sect.and may have beenenforcedunconstitutionally.