Commentary For the past three years, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and District Attorney have worked together to prevent the Sheriff’s Department from enforcing anti-camping ordinances throughout Los Angeles County. As a result of this interference, the number of people living unhoused in the county has grown, the number of fires, crimes, and public health problems attributable to people living unhoused has grown, and public concern over the situation has grown. The Board of Supervisors and District Attorney have justified their interference with the orderly enforcement of local laws by claiming that their hands are tied by the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Martin v. Boise. As explained below, however, the truth of the matter is that Martin is an exceedingly narrow decision that is really much ado about nothing when properly understood, and which does not, in any way, …