SANTA ANA – Orange County supervisors Tuesday adopted an ordinance guiding how law enforcement deals with homeless encampments in unincorporated areas in light of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

“We got the help we needed from the Supreme Court,” Supervisor Don Wagner said. “And what this is doing is making sure that our sheriff has the tools in the unincorporated areas necessary to enforce that decision and to help ultimately the people who are homeless, and to the folks who are our in the community and are having to deal with homeless encampments in their parks and in their place of business.”

The ordinance allows the county to arrest and fine homeless people camping in county parks or other county properties, including flood control channels. It follows a Supreme Court ruling from last y

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