Park, who supported a recall effort against Bonin last year, said her priorities upon taking office include addressing encampments in the district that “require immediate attention and interv…
By ERIC HE | City News Service
The ordinance bans people from sitting, sleeping and storing property in certain areas of the city, and was recently expanded to include banning encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers. Bonin has repeatedly voted against the ordinance and its expansion, joining critics in claiming that the law “criminalizes” homelessness.
Park, who supported a recall effort against Bonin last year, said her priorities upon taking office include addressing encampments in the district that “require immediate attention and intervention,” naming specific encampments on West Jefferson Boulevard and near the Westside Neighborhood School. Bonin said at the August meeting that the council hadn’t done any studies of the impact of the ordinance’s expansion, nor did it highlight specific locations and addresses where the encampment ban would be in effect. He also claimed that the vote would make the city more vulnerable to lawsuits.
“Those are reasonable time and place restrictions that we are legally entitled to pursue, given the various, very significant threats to lives, infrastructure and environmental resources,” Park said. “That’s the status quo, in my opinion, is the focus on closing one place down and just pushing people two blocks over as opposed to a pathway off the streets,” Darling said.
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