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Committee advances 'chop shop' bill after heated public comment over policing and homelessness
Summary
After nearly two hours of public comment and debate, the Land Use Committee voted to forward a police-code ordinance targeting so-called bicycle 'chop shops' to the full Board; opponents said it would criminalize homeless people and enable wrongful confiscations, while supporters said it targets organized theft and public-rights obstructions.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on July 10 voted to forward to the full Board a proposed amendment to the Police Code that would prohibit assembly, disassembly, sale or distribution of bicycles and bicycle parts on public property under specified conditions commonly described as 'chop shops.' Sponsor Supervisor Jeff Sheehy said the measure targets visible street operations that the city currently lacks consistent tools to address and presented a definition intended to distinguish criminal operations from lawful activity: examples listed included five or more bicycles, frames or cables cut on three or more bicycles, or five or more bicycle parts in a public right of way. Sheehy said the proposal uses administrative…
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