Austin's police chief says new homeless laws will "fundamentally change" enforcement

CBS Austin ^ | 6/21/2019 | Bettie Cross

[Flaming Conservative]

Sigh...that WILL fix it.

[Richard Kimball]

I can see UT enrollment dropping.

Went to UT Austin in the 70s. The acceptance rate is about 35%. Enrollment won't drop.

FWIW, I got out of Austin in the 90s, cause I could see the direction. Big thing that's changed since then is that the town has gotten progressively uglier. It used to be a beautiful city. Population keeps growing, and yeah, panhandlers on every single corner.

[ChicagahAl]

don’t they watch the news about other cities.

Of course they do.

Conservatives watch and are horrified.

Liberals watch and are inspired. And envious.

[PAR35]

Looks like lots of space for tents on the tree shaded lawns and parking lots of the Jewish complex..

[libertylover]

“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.

How many businesses will that destroy?

[morphing libertarian]

turning Austin into Seattle our worse LA or SF

[Joe Boucher]

Good luck with that folks.

[ex91B10]

Just keeping Austin weird...

[bitt]

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[RetiredTexasVet]

Second that.

[FLT-bird]

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!

Yep. For Florida, that's Tallacrappy

[thinden]

I predict Austin’s “homeless” population will increase.

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Yup.

After san antonio fills up with congolese migrants, will they move the next ebola bomb in to austin??

[Jane Long]

Thanks for that info and link. Will be sharing with fellow Texans.

[Jane Long]

🤮

[vette6387]

Well, I have to admit to having been an Engineering grad at UC Berzerkeley in the mid 1960’s. Berzerkeley, the city that the UC professors proclaimed they would make into the first Communist City in America. And you know what, they’ve largely succeeded! If you have need of a really old VW Bus or a clapped out Volvo, or perhaps a Saab, you’ll find it there!

[northislander]

Bums homesteading in public right-of-ways create a dangerous environment for citizens going about their business...

[NorseWood]

95% of the “homeless” in Seattle have severe addiction issues - much of it is heroin.

[morphing libertarian]

My approach is there are laws that prohibit sleeping, camping shitting on public or private property. take them all to detention and sort them out, druggies, mental health, and fit for work. Double fine or jail time for each subsequent incidents.

Communities need some 100 bed mental health units. The others are responsible immediately for following the law.

[Midwesterner53]

Time for the state legislature to pull the city charter and run Austin from the state capitol.