UPDATE: The Culver City Council voted Monday night to approve an ordinance that would ban camping on public streets.
The Culver City Council voted Monday night to approve an ordinance that would ban camping on public streets.The ban would require city officials to look for safe camping sites as alternatives, but remains controversial.
When the ordinance first came up for a vote earlier this year, housing activists expressed concern over the city's approach to focus first on enforcement, rather than providing services or finishing housing projects."If we don't have places for people to go, then this is not going to provide any solutions,” said Councilmember Freddy Puza, who opposes the ordinance. “It's going to be a Band-Aid, and what it’s going to do is just push people out of the city.
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