After a 6-1 vote, the Redwood City Council passed the anti-camping ordinance that would establish a window of clearing out an encampment site before enforcing penalties.
“It was a really robust community engagement process,” Redwood City Mayor Elmer Martinez Saballos, told CBS News Bay Area. “The process we set forth last night is really going to help us make sure that we never have to get to a place of enforcement and that we can connect people to housing and to shelter.”
Adapting to a similar enforcement plan by San Mateo County, the city must now provide two warnings and offer shelter within a 72-hour period. If they do not move, the unhoused individual could be charged with a misdemeanor and be fined up to $500. If the encampment is within 200 feet of a school or the Navigation Center, they will have 48 hours to vacate the encampment…