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Glendale staff seek council consensus to amend urban-camping code after U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Summary
City staff proposed changes to Glendale City Code Chapter 25 (Section 25‑90) to redefine camping, add a camping‑paraphernalia definition and lower the offense from a Class 1 to a Class 3 misdemeanor; council gave workshop consensus to send the ordinance to the upcoming voting meeting.
Glendale city staff recommended revising the city's urban camping ordinance on Tuesday, asking the City Council at a workshop to advance language to a voting meeting following a June 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Rick Saint John, deputy city manager, told the council the city is proposing edits to Glendale City Code, chapter 25, section 25-90, including a clarified definition of "camping," a new definition of "camping paraphernalia," and changing the classification of a violation from a Class 1 to a Class 3 misdemeanor. Saint John said staff also recommend striking the ordinance's existing subsection that prevented arrests when no shelter bed space could be shown to be available and replacing it with language that allows government agencies or the Red Cross to set up temporary shelters during emergencies.
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