Homeless People Disproportionately Cited

People with a recent history of being cited under statutes related to homelessness (including violations of sit-lie bans, sidewalk nuisance laws, or pushing a shopping car in a park) were much more likely than the general population to be ticketed for violations of pandemic rules.

Note: We counted as homeless anyone who was ticketed for a vagrancy-related violation in the past three years. We excluded 2020 violations for being in a closed park because the police may have given those to non-homeless people during the pandemic when parks were closed.
Chart: Christina Jedra/Civil Beat Source: General Population source: Census; Homeless Population: Annual PIT Count; Ticket data: Hawaii State Judiciary