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Public commenters urge more aid for unhoused residents and warn commissioners about SB 375 implications
Summary
Speakers at the Nov. 4 Clayton County meeting urged continued funding for Calvary Refuge and homelessness services, raised concerns about a closed DFCS office, and a Fulton County speaker warned the board about Georgia Senate Bill 375 and potential foreign influence.
Multiple members of the public used the Nov. 4 comment period to press Clayton County commissioners on homelessness services and to flag a state bill they said could chill campus and civic speech.
Trevor Daniels, a District 1 resident who said he once relied on shelter services, urged the board to continue funding Calvary Refuge and to coordinate community resources to prevent people living in cars, behind stores or in woods. "If Calvary closes, the people won't just disappear," Daniels said. "They'll be out here trying to survive in cars,…
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