The LA City Council passed an ordinance that bans homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.
Despite an hour-long disruption by opponents who interrupted the meeting with chants, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that bans homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.
People who violate the ordinance face an infraction or citation, but"a person who willfully resists, delays or obstructs a city employee from enforcing this section or who willfully refuses to comply after being requested to do so by an authorized city employee" can face higher fines and a misdemeanor charge, according to the ordinance.
"That was the greatest standing ovation I've ever received in my career, but it also says a lot about a group of people who want to shut down democracy," Buscaino said after the council returned to the chambers."What we witnessed here this morning unfortunately was really an attempt to try and keep us from taking a vote," Martinez said."I think people were intent this morning to shut this place down and keep us from doing the very job that we were all elected to do.
The law already protects the public right of way within 500 feet of"sensitive" facilities such as schools, day care facilities, parks and libraries -- but only if each specific location is designated by the council for enforcement. Councilmembers who supported the ordinance pointed to keeping kids safe, with Councilman Mitch O'Farrell pushing back against the protesters and claiming that it is a false narrative that the unhoused have nowhere else to go. He said the city doesn't do sweeps, has various successful and robust programs to serve the unhoused and is ramping up temporary shelters in his district.
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