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Gimme shelter? City of LV passes controversial sleeping ban
I have to deal with homeless people at my workplace on a daily basis and it is a sore trial, but this is not the answer.
The City of Las Vegas frames it as a means of getting homeless people off the streets and connected with services.
Opponents call it an affront to humanity and an effort to criminalize the most vulnerable among us merely for being poor.
Opponents call it an affront to humanity and an effort to criminalize the most vulnerable among us merely for being poor.
After a marathon hearing that took up much of the day, the council voted five to two in favor of the ordinance, with Knudsen and Diaz casting the dissenting votes.
read more at https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/11/06/gimme-shelter-city-of-lv-passes-controversial-sleeping-ban/
https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/11/05/homeless-nevadans-need-housing-not-handcuffs/
https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2019/11/01/group-backing-homeless-ordinance-is-mum-on-tax-to-address-homelessness/
