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Resident urges anti-camping, anti-panhandling ordinances; mayor urges measured approach
Summary
A resident urged the council to adopt anti-camping and anti-panhandling ordinances and to fund enforcement; the mayor said panhandling laws exist but enforcement is constrained by First Amendment and property-ownership limits, and noted regional and state-level coordination on mental-health services.
A Goose Creek resident urged the city to adopt ordinances banning public camping and aggressive panhandling and to staff enforcement and outreach; Mayor Gregory Habib acknowledged the concern but cautioned council about legal and practical limits on enforcement.
“Goose Creek is facing a homeless problem that needs to be addressed. Particularly camping, hand handling, and soliciting is making our community and streets feel unsafe and dirty, and we need action now,” said Josh Renfro, a resident who spoke during the public-comment period. He told council he had “seen tents near and between Highway 52 and Saint James, people approaching cars at intersections, and trash piling up,” and asked that the council draft anti-camping and anti-panhandling…
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