Homelessness remains a top concern that Californians want to be addressed, but a bill that would have mandated encampments be cleared in front of public areas like schools, parks, libraries, and daycare centers stalled in the Senate Public Safety Committee March 28.
Senate Bill 31—authored by Sen. Brian Jones (R-San Diego)—would make sitting, lying, sleeping, or storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property upon any street, sidewalk, or other public rights-of-way within 1,000 feet of a sensitive area an alternative misdemeanor or infraction.
