Re: Homeless solutions
Don’t know what’s stupid about it, Ron. As long as the homeless population continues to grow on O‘ahu, anyone trying to do something deserves praise.
The vast majority of us are struggling just to pay the bills — and haven’t the means, the space and/or the time to shelter this growing segment of our community. Meanwhile, more and more homeless are going to be arrested due to tougher City and County of Honolulu laws.
Hats off to HPD for being proactive in trying to minimize the line of people waiting to be handcuffed and booked.
Honolulu Cops Have Two Good Ideas To Help The Homeless
By Civil Beat Editorial Board / December 3, 2018
Originally posted by Ron Whitfield
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The vast majority of us are struggling just to pay the bills — and haven’t the means, the space and/or the time to shelter this growing segment of our community. Meanwhile, more and more homeless are going to be arrested due to tougher City and County of Honolulu laws.
Hats off to HPD for being proactive in trying to minimize the line of people waiting to be handcuffed and booked.
Honolulu Cops Have Two Good Ideas To Help The Homeless
By Civil Beat Editorial Board / December 3, 2018
Honolulu’s stored property ordinance and sidewalk nuisance ordinance give the city the power to remove property in public places that causes safety hazards...
...sitting and lying down on public sidewalks is prohibited in more than a dozen commercial or industrial zones from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. They include Waikīkī, Chinatown, Iwilei, Kapālama, Ala Moana, ‘Āina Haina-Hawai‘i Kai, Wahiawā and Waimānalo.
It is also illegal to lie down at certain bus stops while city buses are running. And many parks have closure hours.
Trash piled up at A‘ala Park along King Street next to homeless tents and structures.
If Mayor Kirk Caldwell has his way, new laws would do two additional things to curb the homeless: clear sidewalks all over O‘ahu of homeless people and their belongings, and make it illegal to “lodge” on a sidewalk after a police officer offers a shelter bed and a ride to the shelter.
...sitting and lying down on public sidewalks is prohibited in more than a dozen commercial or industrial zones from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. They include Waikīkī, Chinatown, Iwilei, Kapālama, Ala Moana, ‘Āina Haina-Hawai‘i Kai, Wahiawā and Waimānalo.
It is also illegal to lie down at certain bus stops while city buses are running. And many parks have closure hours.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat
Trash piled up at A‘ala Park along King Street next to homeless tents and structures.
If Mayor Kirk Caldwell has his way, new laws would do two additional things to curb the homeless: clear sidewalks all over O‘ahu of homeless people and their belongings, and make it illegal to “lodge” on a sidewalk after a police officer offers a shelter bed and a ride to the shelter.
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