OUR FREE NBC BAY AREA APP. WE WILL SEND YOU WEATHER ALERTS RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE. >>> IT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR BARRING PEOPLE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY? THE CASE COULD HAVE FAR- REACHING IMPACT ACROSS THE U.S. AND OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IN THE BAY AREA. NBC BAY AREA'S GIA VANG IS SPEAKING WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS ABOUT WHAT THIS CASE MEANS WITH THE CITY. >> Reporter: THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT HAS AGREED TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN A SOUTHERN OREGON CASE THAT COULD CHANGE OF CITIES, LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, RESPOND TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. BUT FOR THOSE, LIKE SAN FRANCISCO DAVID ATTORNEY, THE SUPREME COURT'S ANNOUNCEMENT COMES ONE DAY AFTER FEDERAL INJUNCTION TO RESTRICTING CAMP SLEEPING IN HOTELS. >> WE HAVE SPENT YEARS ON A COMPASSIONATE SERVICE FIRST APPROACH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CASES LIKE THE GRANTS PASS CASE HAVE A PRECEDENT, RELIED ON BY JUDGES, THAT HAVE HAMSTRUNG OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS AND KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT, GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM SAID, IN PART, THE SUPREME COURT CAN NOW CORRECT COURSE, AND STOP THE COSTLY LAWSUITS THAT HAVE PLAGUED OUR EFFORTS. NEWSOM, AND OTHERS HOPING THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WILL MAKE A RULING IN THEIR FAVOR. >> IT IS THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR'S WISH THAT THE CONSERVATIVE WING OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, THERE ARE SIX OF THEM RIGHT NOW, WILL RULE THAT THE CITIES CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS RESTRICTION. >> WELL, WE WERE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE SUPREME COURT CHOSE TO TAKE UP THE CASE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION TODAY DOES NOT PREVENT OUR CASE IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR MOVING FORWARD. >> THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS THE CITY AND TOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO IS SET TO GO TO TRIAL IN OCTOBER. >> THE ISSUE OF PROPERTY DESTRUCTION, THE ISSUE OF VISIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS, WHETHER SLEEP ENDANGERS LIVES OR NOT FOR THE SUPREME COURT, THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING WILL HAVE NO IMPACT ON THOSE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: A CASE, THE COALITION SAYS, DOES HAVE A SOLUTIONS. >> THE SCAPEGOAT OF THE ON HOUSED COMMUNITY, OR THE COURTS, FOR A HOUSE THAT IS REALLY ABOUT HOUSING POLICY AND WILL ONLY BE SOLVED THROUGH CHANGES IN HOUSING POLICY, IS DISINGENUOUS, AND FLEETING.
