ENCAMPMENT TURMOIL CONTINUES
City Council to hear motion June 29 that would restrict people from lying, sleeping, sitting or placing tents and personal property on sidewalks.
On June 23, Councilmembers Joe Buscaino and John Lee invoked Rule #54, which took a proposed ordinance in Council File #20-1376 from the Homeless and Poverty Committee (where it has been since last fall) and moved it to the Tuesday, June 29 L.A. City Council meeting for consideration. If approved, it would then go to Mayor Garcetti for approval or veto.
If you wish to weigh in on this ordinance, you may email or call the members of City Council or call 669-254-5252 after 10 AM tomorrow, June 29, meeting ID 160-535-8466. Press # when prompted for participant ID.
The draft ordinance would restrict people from lying, sleeping, sitting or placing tents and personal property on sidewalks
- Where it reduces the path of travel required by the American with Disabilities Act;
- Within 10 feet of an operational, utilizable entrance, exit, driveway or loading dock;
- Within 500 feet of a facility that provides housing, shelter, supportive services, safe parking or storage to unhoused people (i.e., near Bridge Housing),
- Within 500 feet of a designated freeway overpass, underpass, ramp, tunnel or pedestrian subway;
- At all times and at all locations if a person has been offered shelter.