The City Council unanimously approved a 'Homeless Bill of Rights' last month that would make New York the first big U.S. city to establish an explicit right to sleep in at least some public places.
New York Mayor Eric Adams has hailed his city's right to shelter as a hallmark of compassion for its most destitute. Now he must decide if he will extend that compassion by bestowing homeless people with the right to sleep outside.
The Los Angeles City Council passed a broad anti-camping measure two years ago. Then last year, the city outlawed tents within 500 feet of schools and day cares and banned sitting, lying, sleeping or storing personal property that would disrupt the flow of traffic on sidewalks, streets and bike lanes.
Bass vowed to eliminate encampments lining entire blocks and have made the city's notorious Skid Row the embodiment of the country's homeless crisis. Bass also promised to house 15,000 people by the end of her first year in office. The number comprises more than a third of the estimated 42,000 Los Angelenos without permanent shelter.
Among the nine rights in the measure are safeguards against being forced into facilities that don't correspond to a person's gender identity. It also gives people the right to apply for rental assistance and requires parents staying in shelters be given diapers for their babies. People are forbidden from lying down on benches or seats on the city's subway trains, though enforcement is lax.
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