A Supreme Court ruling overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine is likely to pave the way for legal challenges to California's clean air rules.

Homeless people and their advocates say the decision criminalizes poor people who have no other options, for simply existing.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s choice for chief justice was Rose Bird, 40 years old, without judicial experience, and with a tendency to elevate her own views above the law. On November 4, 1986, California voters booted Bird by a margin of 67 to 33 percent. The people also ousted justices Cruz Reynoso and Joseph Grodin, both Jerry Brown appointees.