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Resident criticizes new median panhandling ordinance as criminalization, urges care-based responses
5844260 · September 12, 2025
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Summary
A resident criticized a city ordinance, passed July 1 and effective Nov. 1, that prohibits standing or loitering on medians and right-of-way; she said the measure criminalizes vulnerable people and diverts enforcement resources from support services.
Laura Harris, a resident of District D, criticized an ordinance the council passed July 1 that will prohibit standing, sitting or loitering on street right-of-way medians and make interference with pedestrians a misdemeanor punishable by up to $500 or 30 days in jail. The ordinance is set to…
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