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Residents urge halt to enforcement of Missoula ordinance 12.6 after Johnson Street shelter closure
Summary
Public commenters at the May 12 Missoula City Council meeting urged the council to stop enforcing ordinance 12.6 and reconsider policies after the Johnson Street shelter closed; the mayor described a separate veterans transitional housing project and said the city had approved CDBG funding confirmation.
Missoula City Council received heated public comment on May 12 about the recent closure of the Johnson Street shelter and the city's continued enforcement of ordinance 12.6.
Sage Bennett, a resident, told the council that “the criminalization of unhoused Missoulians will back up our hospitals, our criminal systems, and cost our city far more than keeping a shelter open.” Bennett urged the council to “stop applying the ordinance 12.6” or at least remove the fines tied to it, saying enforcement will “result in the…
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