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Speakers urge Tempe to stop strict enforcement of urban-camping ban and protect mutual-aid efforts
2250695 · February 7, 2025
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Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment urged the council to stop enforcing the urban camping ordinance against houseless people and to allow mutual-aid groups to provide food, blankets and other aid without citations.
Speakers at the Feb. 6, 2025 Tempe City Council meeting urged the city to ease enforcement of the urban-camping ordinance and to stop citing volunteers who provide aid to people experiencing homelessness.
Leidy Spitak, who identified herself as a lifelong Tempe resident, asked the council to “stop enforcing strictly the urban camping ban that illegalizes not…
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