The city council finally voted to repeal the camping ban. It has been a long and exhausting road but we reached the outcome we fought for. Stay vigilant because there is still a lot of work ahead to ensure everyone is treated with dignity.
April 17, 2016
Final supporters
The city of Santa Cruz currently has in place a sleep and camping ordinance which makes it illegal to sleep in public at night. This camping ban criminalizes the homeless population and is a ban on one of the most basic human necessities of life: sleep. This ordinance was enacted by the Santa Cruz City Council and was never voted on by citizens. By collecting a significant amount of signatures, together we can challenge the city council to terminate this discriminatory law.
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January 29, 2016
The city council remains quiet on the ordinance but I am spending my afternoons talking to the people actually affected by these laws on the street. It is exhausting to see the toll this takes on them while the officials ignore the reality of what they have enacted. I am not quitting, even if it feels like we are shouting into the void.
January 29, 2016
Reaching this point has been a long and draining road. Seeing this level of support reminds me that we are right to keep pushing against this ordinance despite the silence from the council.
Reached 100 supporters
January 29, 2016
17 Comments
The right way to deal with homelessness isn't to outlaw it, it's to provide more help through resource centers and social workers.
Crimminalizing minute and benign acts of homeless individuals is a symbolic declaration that not capitaist-cnforming persons have no right to be alive.
I'm signing because I believe that it's important for us to have a discussion about ordinance 6.36.010. As the community never had a chance to discuss and vote on said ordinance.
I can't believe anyone could want to ban sleeping in public. Sure, it looks bad for the city to have all the benches filled up etc, but we must have compassion for those who are forced to sleep in public, and work towards stopping homelessness by building shelters and homes, not by arresting those in a bad space.
Sleep is a basic human need. Criminalizing this human action is deplorable and morally unconscionable.
Where else are they supposed to sleep?
5 year resident of santa cruz -It is unethical to criminalize the homeless-
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The city council finally voted to repeal the camping ban. It has been a long and exhausting road but we reached the outcome we fought for. Stay vigilant because there is still a lot of work ahead to ensure everyone is treated with dignity.
April 17, 2016
Final supporters
The city of Santa Cruz currently has in place a sleep and camping ordinance which makes it illegal to sleep in public at night. This camping ban criminalizes the homeless population and is a ban on one of the most basic human necessities of life: sleep. This ordinance was enacted by the Santa Cruz City Council and was never voted on by citizens. By collecting a significant amount of signatures, together we can challenge the city council to terminate this discriminatory law.
Updates
January 29, 2016
The city council remains quiet on the ordinance but I am spending my afternoons talking to the people actually affected by these laws on the street. It is exhausting to see the toll this takes on them while the officials ignore the reality of what they have enacted. I am not quitting, even if it feels like we are shouting into the void.
January 29, 2016
Reaching this point has been a long and draining road. Seeing this level of support reminds me that we are right to keep pushing against this ordinance despite the silence from the council.
Reached 100 supporters
January 29, 2016
17 Comments
Santa Cruz does will need to eventually fix their homelessness problem but this is the exact way to NOT fix it.
The right way to deal with homelessness isn't to outlaw it, it's to provide more help through resource centers and social workers.
Crimminalizing minute and benign acts of homeless individuals is a symbolic declaration that not capitaist-cnforming persons have no right to be alive.
I'm signing because I believe that it's important for us to have a discussion about ordinance 6.36.010. As the community never had a chance to discuss and vote on said ordinance.
I can't believe anyone could want to ban sleeping in public. Sure, it looks bad for the city to have all the benches filled up etc, but we must have compassion for those who are forced to sleep in public, and work towards stopping homelessness by building shelters and homes, not by arresting those in a bad space.
Sleep is a basic human need. Criminalizing this human action is deplorable and morally unconscionable.
Where else are they supposed to sleep?
5 year resident of santa cruz -It is unethical to criminalize the homeless-
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Santa Cruz does will need to eventually fix their homelessness problem but this is the exact way to NOT fix it.