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But Steinberg and Valenzuela didn’t understand Martin v. Boise. Or they intentionally misrepresented it.

In an important footnote, the court said cities can restrict camping in certain public areas. And cities can remove people who refuse services or can afford shelter. Steinberg and the City Council ignored that footnote.

Phoenix leaders viewed Martin v. Boise through the same goggles worn by Steinberg and Valenzuela. Homeless camps consumed a Phoenix neighborhood called the Zone. Property owners and residents in the Zone got fed up, sued the city and won.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney eviscerated Phoenix’s policies. Blaney wrote, “The City erroneously applied the Martin case; interpreting its narrow holding as precluding the enforcement of public camping laws whenever the homeless population in Phoenix exceeded the number of available shelter beds. The City also stopped or greatly decreased enforcement of other health, quality of life, and even criminal laws and ordinances in the Zone.”

Sound familiar? The judge rejected the notion campers can’t be cleared without sufficient shelter beds. And he confirmed the city can prevent camping by homeless people who refuse services or have resources.

“Structured campgrounds would solve the City’s concerns about the application of the Martin case because the additional shelter beds would provide an alternative to sleeping on the street,” Blaney wrote. “Thus, structured campgrounds would eliminate any legal prohibition on the enforcement of anti-public camping laws.”

I’m a slow learner, but I get it. With a mayor and councilmembers who support street camping, it’s no wonder homelessness blazes out of control.

R.E. Graswich can be reached at regraswich@icloud.com. Previous columns can be found and shared at InsideSacramento.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @insidesacramento. n that are temperate that grow here in California, some very specialized ones that grow in Australia. Some grow as large as bushes and some, the pygmies, are smaller than a dime. Some of them even move. If an insect gets stuck on their sticky leaves, the leaf will wrap up around them.”

Though one of the most commonly known species, the Venus flytrap, is hard to grow locally, the club brings in specimens for the show. In addition to carnivorous plants, the club specializes in bromeliads, a vertical flowering plant native mainly to the tropical Americas.

“Back in the 1970s, the separate bromeliad and carnivorous plant clubs were struggling, so they combined resources,” says Nies, an Arden resident. “There’s a very loose carnivorous relationship that was the justification for combining. Bromeliad plants sit upright and sometimes insects fall into their leaves. That’s how they absorb nutrients. There are a couple species that can lean, so people are debating whether they’re carnivorous or not.”

Nies says bromeliads are easy to keep as houseplants, though they require a specific watering pattern thanks to their unique structure. Carnivorous plants require individualized care based on their species.

The sarracenia, or North American pitcher plant, grows well in Sacramento backyards, Nies says. And you can always ask club members for advice.