WE WILL CHECK MORE COMING UP.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> HAPPENING TODAY, THE L.A.
CITY COUNCIL IS EXPECTED TO BAN
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS NEAR
SCHOOLS.
>> THIS IS A HEATED AND
CONTROVERSY ISSUE.
PROTESTERS AND HOMELESS
ADVOCATES SHUT DOWN THE COUNCIL
MEETING LAST WEEK OVER THIS.
JOHN CADIZ KLEMAK LIVE IN
DOWNTOWN L.A. WITH A LOOK AT
WHAT’S AT STAKE WITH TODAY’S
VOTE.
HI, JOHN.
HI, JOHN.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
ENFORCEMENT IS GOING TO BE THE
PIG BIGGEST PROBLEM.
THAT IS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL
PRESIDENT.
SHE ADMITS THAT’S GOING TO BE A
PROBLEM.
THERE ARE LOUDER VOICES ON THIS
ISSUE, TOO.
>> ONE THING I THINK --
>> Reporter: THAT’S FROM LAST
WEEK’S COUNCIL MEETING.
A GROUP OF HOMELESS ADVOCATES
SHOUTED DOWN SPEAKERS IN FAVOR
SHOUTED DOWN SPEAKERS IN FAVOR
OF THIS BAN TO THE POINT THAT
LAPD WAS CALLED TO CLEAR THE
ROOM.
THE VOTE CAME DOWN 11-3.
A SIMILAR RESULT IS EXPECTED
TODAY TO PROHIBIT HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN 500 FEET OF
SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE CENTERS IN
THE CITY BECAUSE A VOTE WASN’T
UNANIMOUS THEY HAVE TO DO IT
TODAY.
THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE LAW
THAT REGULATES REGULATION OF
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND
PROHIBITS THEM NEAR PUBLIC
RIGHTS OF WAY IN CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE CITY.
OF THE CITY.
IF YOU THINK THAT YOU THOUGHT
ALREADY THAT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT
ALREADY THAT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT
WERE NOT ALLOWED NEAR CERTAIN
SCHOOLS OR DAY CARE CENTERS, YOU
ARE KIND OF RIGHT.
THIS MAKES IT FOR ALL OF THEM.
OPPONENTS SAY IT DOES NOTHING TO
SOLVE THE ROOT PROBLEM OF
HOMELESSNESS.
>> WE DON’T WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE.
GET THEM OFF THE STREETS INTO
PERMANENT HOUSING.
PERMANENT HOUSING.
>> THEY TELL US WHERE WE CAN’T
BE.
WHERE CAN HE BE?
>> Reporter: THEY ADMIT
>> Reporter: THEY ADMIT
ENFORCEMENT IS A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE OUTREACH WORKERS WILL
HAVE TO BE HIRED.
THE MEETING IT THIS MORNING.
IF IT PASSES IT BECOMES LAW IN