What: an ordinance adding a new Article C, Public Camping, to Title 11 of the city code, prohibiting camping on publicly owned property including rights-of-way, requiring removal of unlawful camps and directing the city to connect people experiencing homelessness to resources and handle sanitary removal of items.
Where it stands: on the November 10 Council agenda for first reading, submitted by the City Attorney and recommended by the Mayor. The outcome is unknown.
Next: second reading and any vote, date not known.
Committee reviewed the draft (definitions, three enforcement tiers, notice and storage) and voted by voice to send it to full council; private-property enforcement remains outside its scope.