/tags/encampments encampments en-US Copyright Thu, 16 May 2024 01:15:49 GMT /local-news/2024-05-15/after-unm-clears-pro-palestinian-encampment-protesters-plan-next-steps Protesters say that while they celebrate having won a commitment from the university to investigate its financial connections to Israel, the police action was unjustified and they plan to keep up the pressure on university leaders. Thu, 16 May 2024 01:15:49 GMT /local-news/2024-05-15/after-unm-clears-pro-palestinian-encampment-protesters-plan-next-steps Bryce Dix, Nash Jones, Alice Fordham /local-news/2024-05-15/gaza-solidarity-encampment-defies-unm-ultimatum-for-12-hours Twelve hours after the deadline to either pack up and leave or face more police raids, the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of New Mexico stayed in place. By 7 a.m. Wednesday, police had moved the group from the encampment. Wed, 15 May 2024 14:56:44 GMT /local-news/2024-05-15/gaza-solidarity-encampment-defies-unm-ultimatum-for-12-hours Austin Fisher, Source NM /local-news/2024-04-23/u-s-supreme-court-case-on-encampment-sweeps-mirrors-a-similar-one-in-new-mexicos-high-court The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case to address whether or not people can be punished for living in encampments. The outcome could affect a similar case that has made it up to New Mexico’s Supreme Court. Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:21:59 GMT /local-news/2024-04-23/u-s-supreme-court-case-on-encampment-sweeps-mirrors-a-similar-one-in-new-mexicos-high-court Megan Myscofski /local-news/2023-12-14/nm-supreme-court-hears-albuquerque-encampment-case A Bernalillo County District Court Judge ruled back in September that the City of Albuquerque was violating unhoused people’s 8th Amendment rights by clearing encampments when those who are camping essentially don’t have anywhere else to go.The city took that injunction to the New Mexico Supreme Court Wednesday. Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:37:48 GMT /local-news/2023-12-14/nm-supreme-court-hears-albuquerque-encampment-case Megan Myscofski /local-news/2023-11-10/albuquerque-city-council-nixes-resolution-to-help-along-designated-encampments This week, the Albuquerque City Council rejected a move to make it easier to create safe outdoor spaces for people experiencing homelessness. This comes in the wake of an injunction from a judge to create more indoor shelter space for folks on the street. The injunction also limits clearing of encampments, as well as jails and fines for people sleeping outside.One city councilor says the city could have responded to the injunction with additional safe spaces and it needs to do more. Fri, 10 Nov 2023 23:12:20 GMT /local-news/2023-11-10/albuquerque-city-council-nixes-resolution-to-help-along-designated-encampments Megan Myscofski /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-08-24/lets-talk-controlled-encampments-and-safe-spaces Controlled encampments or safe spaces for people who are unhoused are becoming more common around the country as housing costs keep rising. In Albuquerque, the city council approved the idea then reversed course and passed a moratorium on them. In Santa Fe, plans for a safe space at the Midtown campus also hit opposition. On this week’s Let’s Talk New Mexico, we’ll talk about managed encampments. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:12:31 GMT /show/lets-talk-new-mexico/2022-08-24/lets-talk-controlled-encampments-and-safe-spaces Megan Kamerick /local-news/2022-07-01/santa-fe-considers-controlled-encampment-for-unhoused-people Stakeholders, residents, and policy makers in New Mexico are grappling with whether to create a system of controlled encampments for unhoused people. Wednesday night the Santa Fe City Council heard a similar proposal. Fri, 01 Jul 2022 16:38:12 GMT /local-news/2022-07-01/santa-fe-considers-controlled-encampment-for-unhoused-people Kaveh Mowahed /public-health-new-mexico/2020-04-23/apd-officers-working-to-change-interactions-with-homeless-people-during-the-pandemic The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued interim guidance saying municipalities should not clear homeless encampments during the… Fri, 24 Apr 2020 03:32:38 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2020-04-23/apd-officers-working-to-change-interactions-with-homeless-people-during-the-pandemic Marisa Demarco, Khalil Ekulona