Tensions Escalate in Months-Long Feud Between Sacramento District Attorney and City Over Its Handling of Homeless Encampments 

The feud is raising questions about the responsibility city officials bear in addressing homelessness and what legal recourse is available if a city fails to enforce the law.

Hector Amezcua/the Sacramento Bee via AP
The Sacramento County district attorney, Thien Ho, holds a poster collage titled 'criminal behavior' as he announces that his office is suing the city of Sacramento for creating a public nuisance by failing to take stronger action on homeless camps, September 19, 2023. Hector Amezcua/the Sacramento Bee via AP

Frustrated Sacramento residents who called the city for help dealing with homeless encampments near their homes were directed to “be thankful” for being housed, a lawsuit against the city says, one of many allegations against Sacramento’s government as tensions over its handling of law enforcement escalate.

The lawsuit against the city from the district attorney, Thien Ho, was consolidated with another suit from attorney Ognian Gavrilov as the cases were “nearly identical,” claiming the city’s lack of enforcement of its own public ordinances has led to a “spiraling descent into decay” and an “utter collapse into chaos.” 

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