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For far too long, homelessness has been the default discharge option for our mental-health system, our criminal-justice system and our foster-care system. A federal appeals court recently held that the city of Boise cannot prosecute people for living on the streets when there is no shelter available to them. The
Seattle Times correctly reported that this may invalidate the practices of the almost 80 percent of Washington cities that criminalize homelessness.