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City to convene balanced stakeholder group and co‑design session on public-rights‑of‑way camping and outreach alternatives
Summary
City staff said a stakeholder group representing neighborhoods, businesses, service providers and people with lived experience will meet to co‑design humane alternatives to a proposed ordinance on camping in public rights‑of‑way; staff will delay further ordinance action for 60–90 days.
City Manager Mary Bunting and the Hampton Innovation Team outlined a co‑design approach to address public complaints about camping and objectionable behaviors in rights‑of‑way while avoiding measures that would criminalize homelessness.
Background: Council previously considered an ordinance intended to allow police to require people camping on city rights‑of‑way to leave when behavior became problematic. Staff said the draft language mirrored trespass penalties, which could include fines or jail time under public-trespass rules; council…
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