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Residents and council members raise concerns about homelessness response, capacity and proposed state actions
Summary
Public commenters urged Norman to oppose expansion of Governor Stitt’s Operation Safe and warned that shelter and jail capacity in Norman and Cleveland County are full; council members and residents called for coordinated planning with state and local service providers.
Multiple public commenters and council members addressed homelessness during miscellaneous comments Sept. 9, urging coordinated planning and warning that local shelters and facilities are at capacity.
Steve Ellis, a Ward 4 resident, urged the city to prepare to oppose expansion of Governor Kevin Stitt’s Operation Safe, saying the program’s proposed practice of using state troopers to relocate…
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