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Good Job Garcetti
The homeless populations in Los Angeles have until September 9th to get out of town, or face arrest for their crime of having nowhere to sleep.
“The mayor of Los Angeles signed an ordinance Thursday making it unlawful for people to ‘sit, lie, sleep’ or otherwise situate their belongings in the ‘public right of way’ The ordinance also makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 1,000 feet of or on a ‘street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way.’”
The ordinance does nothing to solve the homeless problem, it just shifts it to communities surrounding the city that are within walking distance of the homeless populations.
With the failure of Congress to extend the COVID-19 related moratorium on evictions, the L.A. ordinance will take effect just in time to send the evicted families packing so they won’t clutter up the city’s streets.
For the evicted families with a loved one in the hospital recovering from COVID, in some instances, the former patients’ weakened condition upon release from the hospital onto the streets could mean an immediate trip to jail, if they are too weak to walk to the nearest city limit boundary. LAPD officers will undoubtedly be on high alert near hospitals, on the lookout for these criminals.
Note: This OP is concerning the mayor's signing of the city ordinance, which criminalizes homelessness. The OP is in no way related to the demonstrations at the mayor's home, demanding the mayor cancel rents, a completely separate issue.
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Good Job Garcetti
The homeless populations in Los Angeles have until September 9th to get out of town, or face arrest for their crime of having nowhere to sleep.
“The mayor of Los Angeles signed an ordinance Thursday making it unlawful for people to ‘sit, lie, sleep’ or otherwise situate their belongings in the ‘public right of way’ The ordinance also makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 1,000 feet of or on a ‘street, sidewalk, or other public right-of-way.’”
The ordinance does nothing to solve the homeless problem, it just shifts it to communities surrounding the city that are within walking distance of the homeless populations.
With the failure of Congress to extend the COVID-19 related moratorium on evictions, the L.A. ordinance will take effect just in time to send the evicted families packing so they won’t clutter up the city’s streets.
For the evicted families with a loved one in the hospital recovering from COVID, in some instances, the former patients’ weakened condition upon release from the hospital onto the streets could mean an immediate trip to jail, if they are too weak to walk to the nearest city limit boundary. LAPD officers will undoubtedly be on high alert near hospitals, on the lookout for these criminals.
Note: This OP is concerning the mayor's signing of the city ordinance, which criminalizes homelessness. The OP is in no way related to the demonstrations at the mayor's home, demanding the mayor cancel rents, a completely separate issue.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti signs ordinance criminalizing homelessness following City Council vote in favor of it
The ordinance will disenfranchise unhoused Angelenos, prohibiting them from "sitting, lying, or sleeping" near streets, freeway ramps, or "sensitive" properties.
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