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Residents urge shelter support and warn against criminalization as city postpones homelessness item
Summary
Public commenters at the Nov. 5 Loveland City Council meeting urged council to pursue shelters and oppose criminalizing homelessness; Councilor Samson postponed her new-business homelessness item to a future meeting so all participants can attend and staff can consult stakeholders.
Councilor Myra Samson (identified in the transcript as the councilor who introduced the item) told the council she would postpone her new-business homelessness proposal until a later meeting so the item would not fall on election night and so more participants could be present.
During the public-comment period, multiple Loveland residents urged the council to prioritize shelter options and to consult homelessness experts before changing enforcement policy. "It presumes that criminalization is the best path forward to address homelessness. It is…
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