NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — A controversial bill that was filed last week has become a big talking point online. It would make it illegal for every city except Oklahoma City and Tulsa to provide shelters or outreach for homeless citizens, and they would have to end any existing programs.
“I feel this bill is very divisive and I want to say that homelessness is a nonpartisan issue,” Ward 4 Norman City Councilwoman Helen Grant said.
Grant is referring to Senate Bill 484 in that statement. As written by newly-elected Senator Lisa Standridge (R-Norman), the bill would make it illegal for any city with a population less than 300,000 to provide shelters or outreach for the homeless and would also require them to immediately end any existing programs. Only OKC and Tulsa would have more than that number, so if passed, they would be the only two cities in the state excluded from it…