A bill for a California homeless camp ban failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.
An encampment covers a sidewalk near a freeway entrance in downtown San Diego on March 22, 2024. Photo by Kristian Carreon for CalMattersA bill to ban homeless encampments statewide near parks, schools and transit hubs failed to get out of the same legislative committee as last year.
“Just because individuals that are unhoused make people uncomfortable does not mean that it should be criminalized. And this bill does that,” said Sen., a Democrat from Fremont and chairperson of the Senate Public Safety Committee. “The penalties will just be added to their already difficult situation of paying for things.”stumbled in its first committee hearing, stalling in the Public Safety Committee on a 1-3 vote.
“It’s kind of like trying to make a problem invisible versus addressing the core of the problem,” said Skinner, who joined Wahab and Sen.More than three dozen people voiced their opposition to the bill during today’s hearing, speaking on behalf of organizations such as the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union California Action.
Wahab granted reconsideration, which means the committee could hear the bill again later this session. But last year, a nearly identical bill. SB 31, also introduced by Jones, died in the Senate Public Safety Committee with one “yes” vote, one “no” vote and three abstentions. It also received reconsideration, but was never revived.
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