>>> DEAL WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. IN A MATTER OF HOURS, THE NATION'S HIGHEST COURT WILL TAKE UP A CASE JUST LIKE THAT. AND IT COULD HAVE BIG IMPLICATIONS FOR BAY AREA CITIES STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS. LOCAL ADVOCACY GROUPS WILL BE WATCH CLOSELY. >> IF THEY ASK, YOU KNOW, GET UP, GO, PROBABLY -- >> Reporter: JOHN DAVID WHITE SAYS HE LIVED ON THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO FOR YEARS, BUT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS HE'S BEEN STAYING IN A SHELTER BED. A 2019 RULING SAID CITIES CANNOT ENFORCE CRIMINAL RESTRICTIONS ON PUBLIC CAMPING UNLESS THERE IS SHELTER SPACE AVAILABLE. NOW, GRANTS PASS, A SMALL CITY IN SOUTHERN OREGON, IS CHALLENGING THE RULING. ON MONDAY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WILL HEAR ARGUMENTS ON WHETHER IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOR CITIES TO ENFORCE THE CAMPING RESTRICTIONS IF THEY DON'T HAVE SHELTER SPACE. >> SO WE'RE NERVOUS ABOUT IT BUT HOPEFUL THAT THIS COUNTRY WILL RECOGNIZE THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE DO HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. >> Reporter: ADVOCATES FOR THE UNHOUSED ARE FINDING, REMOVING AND ARRESTING THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND IT CAUSES THEM HARM AND VIOLATES THEIR RIGHTS. >> THEIR CREDIT GETS DESTROYED, AND THEY'RE UNABLE TO MOVE INTO HOUSING. >> Reporter: THE COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS IS SUING THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO OVER THIS AND OTHER ISSUES. A JUDGE ISSUED AN INJUNCTION ON THAT CASE, WHICH IS NOW ON PAUSE UNTIL THE SUPREME COURT RULES ON GRANTS PASS. >> INSTEAD OF TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ISSUE AND FINDING SOLUTIONS, THEY JUST WANT TO PUSH PEOPLE FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK. THAT'S NOT OKAY AND IT DOESN'T WORK. >> Reporter: THEY WANT THE NINTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION REVERSED. DAVID CHU SAYS THE CITY WANTS TO BALANCE ITS COMPASSIONATE SERVICES FIRST APPROACH WHILE MAKING SURE ITS SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC SPACES ARE SAFE. >> THIS IS THE REAL ISSUE, THE IMPEDIMENTS UNDER GRANTS PASS AND THE COURTS HAVE IMPOSED. IT'S A REAL ISSUE. >> Reporter: AS FOR WHITE, HE PREFERS STAYING IN THE SHELTER AND KNOWS OTHERS WHO SAY SHELTER LIFE DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM. >> I
