Oakland Democratic councilman proposes plan to shut down homeless encampments

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In Oakland, California, the city council of District 7, Ken Houston, stands before the setback when he works to operate the city’s homeless crisis.

Houston, a democrat, deserves praise and criticism when he urges a solution.

His plan, which was introduced on Thursday evening, would be the government of Oakland, even if no other protection options are available The Oaklandside. So far, Outreach workers have had to offer alternatives to housing before a camp can be clarified. The proposal also enables the authorities to quote or arrest people to camp where it is forbidden.

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A homeless camp in Oakland, California. (Getty)

“The city of Oakland now has a clear constitutional authority to ban warehouses in public spaces,” says Houston’s report. “The failure of the city can no longer be based on legal uncertainties.”

“Oakland has the moral duty to intervene in compassion,” said Houston in his own words about the city, which is said to have 5,500 Homeless person Since last year according to Oaklandside.

He also argued that the “quick growth of the unshakable population had led to escalating threats to public security, sanitary facilities and environmental health. These conditions have achieved a crisis point and underlined the urgent need for comprehensive and effective political solutions”.

Homeless camp that condemned a sidewalk in Oakland

The Bay Area of California is known to have numerous homeless camps like this that are pushing into the sidewalks. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg about Getty Images)

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Housing & Dignity Project, a local advocacy group, calls on the Council to reject the proposal. The group argued that it “aligned the city’s politics with the Trump agenda by prioritizing the distance and criminalization of people with homelessness”. It also warned that the allowance of towing inhabited vehicles would only result in “only more people who live in deeper instability on sidewalks,” said the Oaklandside.

Fox News Digital stretched to Houston and received no immediate answer.