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Resident urges council to read HB 1380 and consider resource-verification amendment to camping ordinance
Summary
A resident said the council previously voted to oppose HB 1380 without reading it and urged officials to consider an amendment to require verification of available homeless resources before criminal enforcement for public camping.
Leah Draven, who identified herself as a Yakima resident and mother of four, told the City Council she was “very concerned” that the council had directed staff to draft a letter opposing House Bill 1380 without reading the legislation.
Draven said she reviewed the bill and the city’s draft ordinance addressing public camping and personal-item storage on city property. She encouraged council members to consider an…
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