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Scaled-down homeless rights law advances
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 23, 2013 | Wyatt Buchanan

Posted on 04/23/2013 6:58:54 PM PDT by artichokegrower

Homeless people in California would have the right to rest in public spaces, including sidewalks, without the threat of arrest, and local governments would have to provide access to bathrooms and showers, under a bill that passed its first major test Tuesday.

The bill, called the Homeless Person's Bill of Rights and Fairness Act, could supersede local laws - including in San Francisco - that bar people from sitting or lying on sidewalks unless those localities meet certain requirements.

It was introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, and passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on a 7-2 party-line vote, with Democrats in favor and with the opposition of many local governments and business groups.

Ammiano significantly scaled back the scope of the bill from when it was first introduced last year, removing provisions that would have applied to private property and businesses. He called it a narrow bill to provide "a few basic protections" that would ensure California does not criminalize homelessness.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: bill; bums; homeless; insanity
So a homeless person could set up camp in your front yard and if you tell him to move along he can get a taxpayer supplied lawyer to sue you. Only in California
1 posted on 04/23/2013 6:58:54 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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Related thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011587/posts


2 posted on 04/23/2013 7:00:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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bar people from sitting or lying on sidewalks unless those localities meet certain requirements.
***Elitism in action.


3 posted on 04/23/2013 7:03:24 PM PDT by Kevmo ("A person's a person, no matter how small" ~Horton Hears a Who)
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Sure why not. We've got tons of money.

In fact, why not a mandatory homeless rec center with free coffee and scones in every community?

4 posted on 04/23/2013 7:04:15 PM PDT by skeeter
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You think too small, you must be a conservative. How fair is it that you have money and they don’t? A guaranteed annual income for all.


5 posted on 04/23/2013 7:10:06 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: skeeter

I think it’s evil to deny those homeless who prefer donuts that right.


6 posted on 04/23/2013 7:10:11 PM PDT by RugerMini14
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To: artichokegrower

I missed the beaches for a long time.


7 posted on 04/23/2013 7:13:30 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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“Ammiano significantly scaled back the scope of the bill from when it was first introduced last year, removing provisions that would have applied to private property”

Private property? Oh yeah that would have ended well.


8 posted on 04/23/2013 7:23:48 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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A vagrant last week was rummaging through our trash receptacle that had been placed on the curb for pickup. My wife ordered the individual to move along and stay out of our receptacle. Apparently she committed an offense. Thankfully we do not live in SF.


9 posted on 04/23/2013 7:36:54 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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I hear Fargo ND is also considering a similiar bill where the homeless are allowed to camp on the sidewalks in December and January.


10 posted on 04/23/2013 7:43:26 PM PDT by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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I’d support that bill!


11 posted on 04/23/2013 7:45:53 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud dad of an Army Soldier who has survived 24 months of Combat deployment.)
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As long as Californians can still feed the pieces of the homeless and Hollywood actors to sea lions I don’t see a problem.


12 posted on 04/23/2013 7:59:53 PM PDT by sergeantdave (No, I don't have links for everything I post)
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"...passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on a 7-2 party-line vote..."

... sigh ... If you ever wanted to see a numerical formula that explains why I left California, there it is.

13 posted on 04/23/2013 8:02:15 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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So a homeless person could set up camp in your front yard and if you tell him to move along he can get a taxpayer supplied lawyer to sue you.

You may have missed this:

"Ammiano significantly scaled back the scope of the bill from when it was first introduced last year, removing provisions that would have applied to private property and businesses."

14 posted on 04/23/2013 8:03:58 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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You reward behavior you want more of...
Punish behavior you want less of...

I can only conclude democrats want more homeless people.

I wonder if I will live long enough to see the end of this madness?


15 posted on 04/23/2013 8:16:37 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (California does not have a money problem, it has a spending problem.)
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We have three sets of vagrants who go through ours weekly without fail. Within minutes of putting it out, and old white guy goes through them first. Later in the evening, 2 Mexicans have their go at them, and around midnight the black guy searches through whatever's left.

At first I tried to stop them, but that was like talking to a cat. They do at least leave the area neat and tidy, so no harm I guess.

16 posted on 04/23/2013 8:18:04 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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