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St. Louis City committee hears mixed public testimony on bill to lower petition threshold for shelters
Summary
The Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee on March 28 heard multiple speakers for and against Board Bill 2-27, which supporters say would make it easier to secure hearings for shelters and critics say would weaken neighborhood petition rights; the bill received no committee vote and is set for perfection at the full board meeting Friday.
The St. Louis City Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee on Thursday heard public testimony both for and against Board Bill 2-27, a proposal that supporters said would reduce the neighborhood petition threshold and make it easier to open shelters, and that opponents said risks diluting neighborhood voices.
Supporters urged the committee to make it easier to site shelters and other services for people who are unhoused. "This is the opportunity to be bold," said Marty Jo Murray, who identified himself as a fifth senate district committeeman and former Seventh Ward committeeman and a board member at Peter and Paul Community Services. Murray said shelters in his Soulard neighborhood had not harmed property values and that effective service…
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