Outside a high school in downtown San Diego — on a concrete handball court that often sees action — is where the country’s first homeless court began. No witness stand. No bench for the judge. Just a bare ground with some folding chairs. Started by San Diego County public defender Steve Binder in 1989, the court offers the homeless population access… return to article
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