A bipartisan group of lawmakers is behind the measure.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – June 3: A homeless camp blocks a sidewalk on an alley in San Francisco’s Civic Center neighborhood, Friday, June 3, 2022. As frustration grows over sprawling homeless camps up and down California, a bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers is pushing a new bill to ban encampments on sidewalks and near schools and bus stops.
The bill would also prevent homeless people from staying within 500 feet of “sensitive community areas” such as schools, open spaces and transit stations. And it would require that officials give encampment residents 72 hours’ notice before any sweep and offer them information about shelters and services.“Public spaces are not living spaces,” Sen. Catherine Blakespear, a Democrat from Encinitas, said in a statement.
“This isn’t a solution,” said Solinna Ven, organizing director with the Coalition on Homelessness in San Francisco. “There’s not enough shelters, there’s not enough of any type of resources.”The Bay Area is set to receive more than $190 million in new federal homelessness funding. Is it enough?
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