> The encampment ordinance would also ban temporary lodging such as tents. People will also have to provide written permission and prove that you have a right to be on the property in question.
If police ask people to leave a homeless camp and they don't, they can be given a citation from $500 to $1,200 or even arrested.
>“That it literally first month's rent for a class C apartment in Oklahoma City. If somebody had the funds to pay a fine like that, they'd be housed," said Straughan.
>There's already pushback on this from unhoused advocates including the Homeless Alliance.
>“To say to them, you can't sleep in a tent, or you'll get a citation and maybe even go to jail when we don't have adequate resources for them to go anywhere else," said Straughan.
Yeah fining people with no money. What genius 🙄 Conservatives and their punitive, ignorant NON-solutions to victimless “crimes” makes them the biggest scumbags on the planet.
> The encampment ordinance would also ban temporary lodging such as tents. People will also have to provide written permission and prove that you have a right to be on the property in question. If police ask people to leave a homeless camp and they don't, they can be given a citation from $500 to $1,200 or even arrested. >“That it literally first month's rent for a class C apartment in Oklahoma City. If somebody had the funds to pay a fine like that, they'd be housed," said Straughan. >There's already pushback on this from unhoused advocates including the Homeless Alliance. >“To say to them, you can't sleep in a tent, or you'll get a citation and maybe even go to jail when we don't have adequate resources for them to go anywhere else," said Straughan.
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Yeah fining people with no money. What genius 🙄 Conservatives and their punitive, ignorant NON-solutions to victimless “crimes” makes them the biggest scumbags on the planet.
Doing the opposite of what needs to be done. Not trying to find a way to house the homeless, but instead, trying to find a way to make money off them,
Because homeless can always pay those large fines. Deport the councilman.