The California city is passing a controversial ban on camping for homeless – wboy.com

Fremont, California (Kron) – a controversial ban on camping for homeless camping in Fremont, California, although hundreds of people expressed their concerns during a meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday.

The ordinance, which allows the city to fines those who help homeless and make illegally homeless people camp on public property is approved by 6-1 votes after more than two hours of public comments.

More than 800 homeless people live in Fremont, about 30 miles southeast of Auckland, according to the latest issue of the city in 2024.

According to the ordinance, camping is prohibited on city streets, sidewalks and parks. The measure is also aimed at anyone who “causing, resolving, helping, promoting or concealing” a homeless camp.

In Fremont, this crime will be considered a violation, which can lead to a $ 1,000 fine and six months in prison.

The transmitted ordinance does not clarify what the city means through “support” and “nourishment”. The Council had the chance to postpone the measure of clarification of the language, but decided not to wait and submit the ordinance “as it is”.

Fremont Mayor Raj Salvan said that the city will not punish people who are trying to support the homeless by giving them resources such as water, but this will punish those who are trying to help create camps and improvised wooden structures.

Prior to the meeting on Tuesday, opponents of the measure called on the members of the Council to vote against it.

“To criminalize the already vulnerable population is not the best we are, nor the best we can be like a community,” writes a compassionate Fremont in social media.

Those who spoke during the public commentary period have said that this move will spend only resources and will not support the population of the homeless in the city.

The ordinance was supported by the FreMont Police Association.

“Repeatedly dealing with some of these individuals can unnecessarily put firefighters and police officers [sic] The road, “the social media organization said before the vote on Tuesday. “Acceptance of this Ordinance allows public safety experts to handle public safety problems while they are stationary [providing] Resources for our non -compliance members of the Community. “

Mayor Salvan did not say when the measure would come into force.