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Carlsbad council adopts ordinance to give police authority to cite vehicle camping; advocates urge council to create safe parking
Summary
Council adopted an ordinance (unanimous vote) that will provide police a municipal-code tool to cite unlawful camping in vehicles; public commenters urged the council to add a safe parking option instead of displacing people living in vehicles.
The Carlsbad City Council unanimously adopted an ordinance that staff and the police department said provides an additional municipal-code tool to address unlawful camping in vehicles.
Chris Durnan and Marian Vega Clancy urged the council to include a safe parking option rather than pushing people living in vehicles out of Carlsbad. Durnan, who coordinates a homeless outreach program that provides showers and services downtown, said car dwellers “follow our rules” and…
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