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Supervisors split on sit‑and‑lie; board creates neighborhood community justice task force, rejects sit‑and‑lie ordinance
Summary
The Board approved an ordinance establishing a Neighborhood Community Justice Task Force to explore restorative/community-justice approaches, while rejecting a separate sit‑and‑lie ordinance that would have prohibited sitting or lying on sidewalks during specified hours.
The Board of Supervisors took separate actions on measures aimed at addressing public-safety and quality-of-life concerns on sidewalks and public spaces. The board approved an ordinance creating a Neighborhood Community Justice Task Force to study restorative justice and community‑based responses to recurring problems in neighborhoods; it rejected a separate sit‑and‑lie ordinance that would have criminalized sitting or lying on sidewalks during specified hours.
President David Chiu, chair of the Public Safety Committee, framed the task force as a short‑term (progress report within three months) body to examine alternatives to enforcement-only…
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