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Porterville council backs updated camping rules, asks staff to explore reunification program
Summary
Council approved moving forward with a draft update to the city’s unauthorized camping and personal-property rules — including shorter notice for enforcement and reduced storage timelines — and directed staff to study a voluntary reunification program for people experiencing homelessness.
The Porterville City Council voted unanimously to advance proposed updates to the city’s ordinance on unauthorized camping and the storage of personal property and asked staff to further examine a voluntary reunification program for people experiencing homelessness.
City attorneys and staff told the council the proposed ordinance refines where camping is restricted (for example near critical infrastructure, schools and playgrounds), clarifies enforcement steps and handling of personal property, and shortens certain timelines. Specifically, the draft would set a minimum 24-hour notice for some enforcement in routine circumstances (instead of the previous 72-hour minimum), while keeping authority for shorter notice in…
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