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Los Angeles City Council, exactly a week before an upcoming
election, approved the drafting of a measure to ban homeless
encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers
citywide.
The proposal, spearheaded by Council President Nury Martinez,
passed along a 13-2 vote as many council incumbents face
competitive races with homelessness and public safety at the
forefront.
The vote was held after councilmembers listened to parents and
teachers at Virgil Middle School and Alberto M. Carvalho,
superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, who
attended the meeting in person. Carvalho and others described
how children are bearing witness to naked people lining
sidewalks often using drugs and shouting profanities within
earshot of nearby schoolyards.
“I’ve seen elementary schools with conditions that none of us as
parents would find acceptable for our children: individuals with
mental illness, some of them absolutely unclothed, shouting
profanities to the listening ear of children,” Carvalho said,
according to the Los Angeles Times.
The city’s existing anti-camping ordinance approved last summer
following weeks of debate requires a lengthy review process
before tents can be removed from sidewalks and around parks,
libraries and schools.
By contrast, the new proposal was green-lit without review from
the council’s Homelessness and Poverty Committee, meaning that
if the final draft is voted through, enforcement so far delayed
a year will become an immediate priority for hundreds, if not
thousands, of school campuses across the city.
The councilmembers who voted in favor of the proposal also
seeking re-election are Bob Blumenfield, Gil Cedillo, Mitch
O’Farrell, Curren Price and Monica Rodriguez.
Councilman Kevin de León, a candidate in a crowded field vying
to become mayor, also voted in favor, as did Councilman Paul
Koretz, who is campaigning for city controller.
The two who rejected the new measure, councilmembers Mike Bonin
and Nithya Raman, argued that it would only push homeless
encampments several blocks away from schools and would punish
individuals for living on the streets.
Under the current ordinance, tents have remained at most of the
city’s no encampment zones, police have issued few tickets and
homeless outreach workers have struggled to persuade individuals
to willingly move into temporary housing arrangements.
https://nypost.com/2022/06/01/la-city-council-greenlights-ban-on- homeless-encampments-500-feet-from-schools-daycare-centers/
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