Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty is spearheading a policy that would prohibit homeless people from sleeping outside City Hall overnight — a reversal of the city’s approach to homelessness under his predecessor.
Under proposed change, people will be prohibited from sitting or laying down on the ground outside City Hall except in limited circumstances. The amendment comes six years after the Sacramento council voted to allow people to sleep on the property overnight but not during the day.
The city’s Law and Legislation Committee approved changing the ordinance Tuesday afternoon following a request from McCarty. A vote will now head to the City Council for final approval. The amendment comes six years after the Sacramento council rewrote the ordinance to allow people to sleep on the property overnight but not during the day…