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Supervisors pass parks sleeping ban with 30-day services exception after heated debate
Summary
After hours of debate and multiple amendments, the Board of Supervisors passed an amended park code ordinance expanding prohibited sleeping hours and adding a 30-day services acceptance exception to void citations; two other amendment motions failed.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed on first reading an ordinance amending the park code to prohibit sleeping, cooking and modifying park landscape to create shelter during extended hours and adding an exception that prevents citation if the cited person has not previously been cited and accepts social services within 30 days.
The ordinance originally proposed prohibiting sleeping or creating shelter in parks from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.; that change prompted detailed debate about enforcement, outreach and the availability of services. Ally Schlager, staff to the Local Homeless Coordinating Board, told the board the panel "firmly believes that this issue is an issue about homelessness because it greatly affects that population" and recommended keeping the existing 10…
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