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Schifference
05-02-2019, 04:44 AM
https://www.facebook.com/TuckerCarlsonTonight/videos/879783579027038/

They want to let them pitch tents on any city property with no regard for sewage or any other amenities. Permanent encampments.

The link has a 2 minute must watch video.

Schifference
05-02-2019, 04:48 AM
This City Might Give Homeless People the Right to Camp Anywhere
STATELINE ARTICLE
April 29, 2019
By: Sophie Quinton Topics: Economy, Social Issues, Justice & Safety Net Read time: 8 min
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Jerry Burton, 57, stands beside his tent in downtown Denver. A ballot question before Denver voters next week, an initiative called “Right to Survive,” would make sleeping on the streets easier.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
DENVER — Jerry Burton has lived in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood here for the past few months, in an orange tent pitched on a sidewalk. He and the other homeless campers on the block — Burton proudly calls the encampment “Jerr-E-Ville,” and has declared himself the unofficial mayor — are defying the city’s urban camping ban, which means they are always bracing for a visit from the police.

A caseworker from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to find permanent housing for the 57-year-old Marine Corps veteran whose tent is surrounded by his belongings neatly arranged in small plastic bags. In the meantime, Burton is hoping that Denver voters next week will overturn the city’s camping ban, thanks to an initiative he and others petitioned to get on the ballot.

The ballot question, dubbed the “Right to Survive,” would declare that everyone has the right to rest, eat and shelter in public places without being harassed. Supporters say it would shield people experiencing homelessness from unfair citations and arrests.

But business, environmental and social service organizations fear it would proliferate dangerous encampments in parks and on sidewalks without helping to house people.

“I find Initiative 300 to be one of the most frightening and heinous initiatives that I’ve witnessed in my career,” said Jeff Shoemaker, a former Republican state representative and executive director of the Greenway Foundation, a nonprofit that works to revitalize the South Platte River and its tributaries.

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/04/29/this-city-might-give-homeless-people-the-right-to-camp-anywhere