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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There shouldn't be "encampments" anywhere in the city. We need to stop shuffling deck chairs in the Titanic and voluntarily house people or involuntarily house/hospitalize them. The housing and housed should be heavily monitored, as the district is creating nuisance buildings with their current housing effort. Tired of seeing human faeces at bus stops and so much ill behavior being applauded and supported by the hug a homeless crowd . [/quote]

As harsh as it sounds, I think literally banning tents in public spaces would be part of the answer. While people may have a consitutional right to sleep rough, they do not have a right to erect a tent in the middle of a densely populated place. Eliminating tents would mean that the encampments can’t be used for organized crime. If someone wants to go to the periphery of the city and set up a tent (like in junk trees on a riverbank) that’s totally different - that is for the purposes of shelter; not to create a more convenient stash house in plain sight. [/quote]

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