Both the governor and president want to make it illegal to sleep in public spaces, an approach questioned by some Inland Empire officials.

President Trump signed an executive order encouraging cities to remove homeless people from the streets and institutionalize them, drawing condemnation from Maryland housing officials who say it

Homelessness is at a record high locally and nationally. King County recorded 16,868 homeless people in its 2024 Point-in-Time Count. Nationally, 771,480 were homeless.