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Committee hears testimony in favor of bill to shield humanitarian aid to unhoused people from local penalties
Summary
Senator Perez introduced SB 634 to bar local or state ordinances that penalize people or organizations for providing basic survival services to unhoused Californians.
Senator Perez told the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee SB 634, the Unhoused Service Providers Protection Act, would prohibit local and state governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that bar people or organizations from providing basic survival services to unhoused people.
Perez said the bill responds to an uptick of local ordinances that impose fines or criminal penalties on volunteers and nonprofits who deliver food, clothing or shelter‑related items to people living outdoors. She cited recent episodes in Fremont, El Cajon and Santa Ana where…
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