‘No more excuses’: Gavin Newsom directs California cities to clear homeless encampments

The move comes as California’s challenges, including its homelessness crisis, are under the microscope nationally because Democrats are poised to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate. Conservatives are already seizing on Harris’ long track record as an elected official in the Golden State, arguing she bears responsibility for California’s problems. California state government has dealt with the proliferation of tents along state highways for years. Newsom previously detailed his frustration to the Chronicle about how his and local officials’ hands were tied because courts had limited governments’...