The lawsuit was filed on behalf of five unhoused people and the homeless nonprofit Hope’s Village of SLO, alleging that the city repeatedly broke up homeless camps, destroyed property, and cited and arrested unhoused individuals.

That’s despite the city “being capable of providing shelter to only a fraction of the city’s unhoused individuals,” according to a news release issued by their attorneys, California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), Public Interest Law Project and the Law Office of Babak Naficy.

The lawsuit also claims SLO’s ordinances prohibit camping and sleeping overnight in vehicles, or in parks after hours.

Read the full story by Nick Wilson in the Tribune here.