Kayla Robbins

2 months ago | invisiblepeople.tv | Kayla Robbins |San Jose

San Jose’s ‘Responsibility to Shelter’ Plan Raises Serious Concerns About Criminalization and CoercionSan Jose, California, home to many of the nation’s richest and poorest residents alike, is considering a new law that would allow homeless people to be arrested if they refuse an offer of shelter – because that makes sense. Under the proposal, if a person declines an offer of shelter three times within an 18-month period, they could be subject to arrest.

2 months ago | invisiblepeople.tv | Kayla Robbins

Despite the Supreme Court Ruling, Cities Trying to Criminalize Homelessness Are Facing Legal RoadblocksMere months after the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Grants Pass case, lower courts are pushing back against the decision. While that may be quite speedy in the legal world, in the real world, those intervening months have been full of suffering for many unhoused people living under leaders who saw the Grants Pass decision as a green light to go ahead and sweep people with absolute impunity.

Mar 18, 2025 | invisiblepeople.tv | Kayla Robbins

The Self-Governed Encampment That Won a Historic Lease in Sacramento Has Been Dismantled—Another Broken Promise to Unhoused PeopleYou may remember Camp Resolution from our earlier coverage of its inspiring story of standing up to the city of Sacramento and winning a historic lease on the land they occupied.

Mar 15, 2025 | invisiblepeople.tv | Kayla Robbins |San Jose

Unpacking the NIMBY Tactics Behind Sweeping Homeless Encampments from Public SpacesAn organized group of residents in a neighborhood of San Jose, California have met with the mayor to request not only that encampments be swept from their area, but also that the city enforce a no-return zone for those homeless people who will be displaced (and presumably any others who happen to be passing through.)The mayor’s office seems amenable to the idea.

Nov 7, 2024 | invisiblepeople.tv | Kayla Robbins

With Pandemic-Era Funding Running Out, Schools Are Scrambling to Support Homeless Children as They Face an Uncertain FutureThe American Rescue Plan-Homeless Children and Youth, or ARP-HCY, is ending. The pandemic-era relief program provided $800 million split between schools nationwide to fund programs for homeless children and their families through the school system.