A new policy being created by Seattle officials would extend the city’s parks exclusion ordinance — which was designed to ensure that public parks remain family friendly — to all public property throughout the city, no matter how urban or remote. This policy will make survival outside illegal in a city where the shelters are past capacity and meeting perhaps 60 percent of the demand for emergency shelter.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Help protect civil rights for people on the streets in Seattle
The City of Seattle is on the verge of creating one of the most anti-homeless environments on the West Coast.
A new policy being created by Seattle officials would extend the city’s parks exclusion ordinance — which was designed to ensure that public parks remain family friendly — to all public property throughout the city, no matter how urban or remote. This policy will make survival outside illegal in a city where the shelters are past capacity and meeting perhaps 60 percent of the demand for emergency shelter.
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A new policy being created by Seattle officials would extend the city’s parks exclusion ordinance — which was designed to ensure that public parks remain family friendly — to all public property throughout the city, no matter how urban or remote. This policy will make survival outside illegal in a city where the shelters are past capacity and meeting perhaps 60 percent of the demand for emergency shelter.
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