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Public commenters press committee on ACDC lease reporting and urge exemptions to public‑drinking ban
Summary
Two public speakers urged the committee to enforce reporting tied to the Atlanta City Detention Center lease and to broaden exemptions from the city’s drinking‑in‑public prohibition; testimony cited ordinance 2201632 reporting deadlines and argued the public‑drinking law can criminalize poverty.
During the public‑comment portion of the Jan. 27 committee meeting, two speakers addressed separate but civic policy‑relevant concerns.
Devin Franklin, senior counsel at the Southern Center for Human Rights, asked the committee to follow the reporting schedule in section 2 of ordinance 2201632, which governs the lease of the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) to Fulton County. Franklin said the lease—effective when persons were first transported there around Nov. 30,…
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