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Austin's police chief says new homeless laws will "fundamentally change" enforcement
CBS Austin ^ | 6/21/2019 | Bettie Cross

Posted on 06/22/2019 3:50:48 PM PDT by simpson96

Austin's police chief says three new homeless ordinances are about to "fundamentally change" the department's enforcement. Early Friday morning the Austin City Council voted to rescind the homeless camping ban changing the city’s approach to dealing with homelessness.

The city's ban on sitting, lying down and camping in public spaces is being replaced with new ordinances that change how police can respond to calls from the public.

“If we receive a call from a business owner or from a citizen involving an individual that may be sitting or lying in a public space, whether it be in front of a business or on a public thoroughfare, we would have to be able to prove that conduct poses a hazard or a danger to someone,” said Austin Police Chief Brian Manley.

Friday afternoon, Chief Manley said the wide sidewalks on Congress Avenue and around the UT campus and entertainment district are an example of where enforcement will change.

“There may be opportunities now for individuals to erect a structure or a tent or some type of protection in spaces where before that would not have been allowed,” said Manley.

As long as the public could safely get around the tents, the structures would not violate the new ordinances.

“I am thrilled,” said Rabbi Alan Freedman.

The Rabbi at Temple Beth Shalom in West Austin says the changes decriminalize being homeless.

“They found a way to revamp these ordinances so that people who are homeless are not being arrested simply for being homeless,”

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsaustin.com ...


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KEYWORDS: austin; buildthefence; bums; daca; democrats; dreamact; dreamers; homeless; texas
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Everything liberals touch...

Everything.

1 posted on 06/22/2019 3:50:48 PM PDT by simpson96
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Austin: The Scat Francisco of the Southwest.


2 posted on 06/22/2019 3:52:21 PM PDT by fwdude
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““I am thrilled,” said Rabbi Alan Freedman.”

You’re excited? Hey asshole, open up your house and temple to the homeless then and take them all in..


3 posted on 06/22/2019 3:53:09 PM PDT by max americana (Fired libtards from our company & did so happily at every election since 2008. I hope all libs die.)
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To: simpson96

Austin Texas, becoming the California $hithole of the South.


4 posted on 06/22/2019 3:53:50 PM PDT by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: simpson96

Another city surrendering to the homeless.
Glad I do not own a business or real estate there.


5 posted on 06/22/2019 3:57:07 PM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: fwdude

Wannabees.


6 posted on 06/22/2019 3:57:33 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Yes


7 posted on 06/22/2019 3:58:11 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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What a horrible micromanaging group they have there.


8 posted on 06/22/2019 3:59:26 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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Austin, TEXAS. Soon to be the new San Francisco! Awaiting the Public Poop Maps...

Blech!


9 posted on 06/22/2019 4:05:07 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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Austin will become just like Seattle and San Francisco.


10 posted on 06/22/2019 4:06:27 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where does it say in the Constitution anyone is entitled to the property another has labored for?)
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don’t they watch the news about other cities.


11 posted on 06/22/2019 4:10:32 PM PDT by morphing libertarian ( Use Comey's Report, Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: simpson96

The Reverse Midas Touch. Literally.


12 posted on 06/22/2019 4:11:12 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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“Austin Texas, becoming the California $hithole of the South.”

BECOMING A $HITHOLE? I used to go to Austin on business 20 years ago, and it had achieved $hithole status already back then! Anywhere you have a seat of government AND a University, you have both of the necessary elements to create a $hithole!


13 posted on 06/22/2019 4:11:51 PM PDT by vette6387
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The game plan is always the same; first the liberals, then the crime followed by the parade of bums.


14 posted on 06/22/2019 4:11:54 PM PDT by JonPreston
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Will they get poop maps like Pelosiville?


15 posted on 06/22/2019 4:12:29 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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We haven’t been to Austin in 11 years and were amazed at the increase in bums and vagrants we saw when we were there Monday. Well, when you subsidize something you get more of it.


16 posted on 06/22/2019 4:12:31 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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Here comes the festival of feces.


17 posted on 06/22/2019 4:18:28 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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They care nothing for law abiding productive citizens. They just don’t care. What happens to public order when the general public ignores the law because they have lost faith in government. Thank god for the second amendment.


18 posted on 06/22/2019 4:23:25 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold. Z)
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Public support is growing for compassionate euthanasia as being the humane way to deal with this problem.


19 posted on 06/22/2019 4:24:41 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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Everything liberals touch...

Everything.

Boy, somebody should use that as their tag line.

20 posted on 06/22/2019 4:25:22 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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