Fresno County's unhoused encampment ban now in effect

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno County's unhoused encampment prohibition is present successful effect.

The Board of Supervisors approved the prohibition successful August.

It comes connected the heels of the metropolis of Fresno's precocious approved prohibition connected encampments.

County leaders accidental their ordinance is circumstantial to obstruction of nationalist access, specified arsenic walkways, sidewalks oregon roads.

The ordinance besides follows a June US Supreme Court ruling that states cities tin legally enforce bans connected sleeping extracurricular successful nationalist areas.

People who interruption the ordinance could look a good of $500 oregon up to six months successful jail.