I noticed this week that the Supreme Court has decided to listen to an argument...... whether cities can ban homeless folks from public streets/neighborhoods.
After pondering over it....I came to the logical question....do you have camping rights?
It's really not about homeless discussions....it's about you having some right to camp out in a city park, or on a sidewalk, or on a parking spot of a road/street.
If I were a Justice sitting there....it'd be a fairly easy answer. Camping always costs something...even if you were on a state park, national forest area, or state lake front. So the logical answer here....once you set up a tent, you need to pay the city or county some fee. It shouldn't matter if this is in a city park, or on some sidewalk in a industrial area.
I'm of the mind that $20 a day is a fair rate.....unless the city is providing toilet/water services (in that case....$40 would be fine).
Yeah, the way to handle this....flush people out of urban zones. If some city wants to offer up camp grounds? Fine...establish a true camping park, with inspections and requirements...maybe offer a $50-a-week fee.
I'll admit up front, this is a stupid argument, but I would imagine Justice Thomas (being a RV-camper) has an idea or two...that he will share with the other Justices. This might be interesting to hear the discussion.