Homeless In LA Will Now Have To pay A Fine For Being Homeless (No Joke)

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Homeless In LA Will Now Have To pay A Fine For Being Homeless (No Joke)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti recently passed into law an ordinance that criminalizes homelessness in most parts of the city, a plan that has brought just as much passionate support by some as it has anger by others.

The law defines certain times and locations where it will be "unlawful for a person to sit, lie, or sleep, or to store, use, maintain, or place personal property in the public right-of-way".

The ordinance, which will go into effect 30 days from last Thursday, makes it illegal to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 500 feet from "sensitive use" properties, which include schools, parks, libraries, overpasses, underpasses, freeway ramps, tunnels, bridges, pedestrian bridges, subways, washes, spreading grounds and active railways.

The ordinance also makes it a crime to sit, lie, sleep, or set up encampments within 1,000 feet of or on a "street, sidewalk, or another public right-of-way".

People who break the law will be issued a citation from the City's Administrative Citation Enforcement Program.

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Nevertheless, individuals who decline to comply or stop a city employee from enforcing the law will either face a misdemeanor charge, jail for up to six months in LA County, and/or a fine of up to $1,000, as described in Section 11 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code.

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The next night, about 50 protesters gathered outside Garcetti's house with some moving protest placards on the sidewalk and others vandalizing the exterior with toilet paper and graffiti.

Police in riot gear reacted to the protest and cleared the area, but no arrests were made, according to Fox News.

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Mike Bonnin, one of two city council members who chose against the ordinance, said at Wednesday's city council meeting, "There are far more people who want to house than we have sufficient resources for.

He added that the city only has enough shelter beds for 39percent of the unhoused population, but "What about the other 61%? Where can they go? Where can they sleep?"

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Bonnin previously spoke out against the action and gave a personal anecdote about his struggle with homelessness, as reported by Spectrum News.

"Some of those nights I slept in the car, some of those nights, when my car was in the shop, I slept on the beach," he said.

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"I cannot tell you how much turmoil is in your heart when the sun is setting and you don't know where to sleep. I cannot tell you how demoralizing and dehumanizing and defeating that experience is when you don't know where you're going to sleep.

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"That's what it comes down to for me ... where can people go, where can people sleep when they do not have an alternative."

Ricci Sergienco, of the LA People's City Council, spoke at Wednesday's meeting against the ordinance and said that it's "basically saying that poor people just existing will be criminalized".

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