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Friday, July 5, 2019

TEXAS: GOVERNOR ABBOTT CRACKS DOWN ON HOMELESS CAMPING IN STREETS

“If you look at some of these, they are usually sanctuary cities run by very liberal people and the states are run by very liberal people,” Trump told Tucker Carlson Monday. “You can’t have what’s happening, where police officers are getting sick just by walking the beat. I mean, they’re getting actually very sick, where people are getting sick, where the people living there are living in hell, too.”
TEXAS: GOVERNOR ABBOTT CRACKS DOWN ON HOMELESS CAMPING IN STREETS 
Photos: Austin, Texas A Literal Shi*hole after City Imposes Homeless Ordinance

Governor promises to overturn new rules that give homeless free rein over public streets

BY ADAN SALAZAR
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Over the years, Austin has struggled with one of the hardest problems facing modern-day American big cities – an overwhelming homeless crisis of epic proportions.



But the Austin City Council’s latest ordinance may be causing more problems than it’s solving, critics say.































Earlier this week, the city council de-criminalized homeless camps in public spaces.



This means transients are free to camp out on sidewalks, in front of houses and in front of businesses — and police can do little about it.



The new ordinance has led to homeless people camping in places they otherwise would not, to the detriment of Austin residents and tourists.



The new rules didn’t sit well with the Austin Police Association, which has campaigned against changes to the homeless ordinance.
















In a Facebook post Monday, the police union posed a hypothetical question, along with its hypothetical answer: “People are sleeping on the sidewalk in front of my residence. This is concerning to my family. Can’t y’all do anything about that?”



“Answer: No, the new obstruction/camping ordinances allow camping on sidewalks, alleyways, and other public places (except parks and City Hall), which includes in front of your house, provided the people camping are not making the sidewalk unreasonably inconvenient or hazardous.”











Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has indicated he plans to override the “reckless” city ordinance, after calling out the “insanity” it is creating.



“If Austin— or any other Texas city—permits camping on city streets it will be yet another local ordinance the State of Texas will override,” Abbott tweeted Wednesday.





















President Trump in an interview with Fox News also spoke about the need to shut down “disgraceful” tent cities in Sanctuary cities run by liberals. 



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