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September 27 – October 10, 2019 Volume 5, Issue 22
PPCC Supports Amicus Brief in Boise Homeless Case penalizing sleeping on sidewalks. Pacific Palisades A federal court ruling last year in the case Community Council joins Martin v. City of Boise barred cities from punishing individuals from sleeping on pubBrentwood Community lic property unless they provide sufficient indoor housing. Council to asks Supreme and“Asaccessible long as there is no option of sleeping Court to overturn ruling indoors, the government cannot criminalize indigent, homeless people for sleeping outpreventing cities from Curtain & Upholstery Cleaning Done Indoors, Your Home on public property,” reads the ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for enforcing homeless laws the Ninth Circuit, which includes both Idaho
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The Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) has signed onto a Brentwood Community Council (BCC) amicus brief in support of the City of Boise's pitch to the United States Supreme Court to overturn a district court ruling that prevents cities from
and California. In the decision, which ruled a City of Boise law penalizing homelessness unconstitutional, citing the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause of the Eighth Amendment, the court did give cities leeway to prohibit sleeping in public in certain situations. On August 22 the City of Boise filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking
review of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in Martin v. City of Boise, formally asking the Supreme Court to consider the case. “If the 9th Circuit’s ruling is allowed to stand then cities will not have the tools they need to prevent a humanitarian crisis on their own streets. We hope the Supreme Court takes this case to restore the power of local communities to regulate the use of their streets, parks, and other public areas,” said Mayor Boise Dave Bieter. “Even where shelter is unavailable, an ordinance prohibiting sitting, lying, or sleeping outside at particular times or in particular locations might well be constitutionally permissible,” the decision reads. Since Boise filed this request many local jurisdictions have filed amicus briefs in sup-
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Pali Students National Merit Scholar Semifinalists 7,600 scholarships collectively worth over $31 million By Keldine Hull On Tuesday, September 10, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the 2020 semifinalists of the 65th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Approximately 16,000 high school students will go on to compete for a share of 7,600 scholarships collectively worth over $31 million. According to the NMSC, over 1.5 million juniors in 21,000 high schools throughout the United States entered the scholarship program by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/ NMSQT).
The next round of the scholarship program will determine who the finalists are. “To become a Finalist, the Semifinalist and a high school official must submit a detailed scholarship application, in which they provide information about the Semifinalist’s academic record, participation in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received,” said the NMSC. About 15,000 semifinalist students are expected to advance to finalists. Students will be notified in February if they make it to the next stage, and half of those students will go on to win a scholarship. Finalists will be selected for three types of National Merit Scholarships. Winners will be announced between April and July of 2020. The NMSC added, “These scholarship recipients will join more than 345,000 other distinguished young people who have
earned the Merit Scholar title.” The following students in Pacific Palisades were selected as semifinalists: Palisades Charter High School Brian Y. Jang
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