Policymakers in the Bay Area’s largest city on Tuesday agreed to ban homeless people from camping near schools, despite pleas from advocates and concerns from City Hall about how to carry it out.
City councilmembers voted unanimously to draft a policy allowing police to tow vehicles parked within 150 feet of K-12 campuses, despite city administrators questioning how they’ll implement the new law. City officials warned that the policy could take massive resources to enforce and run afoul with state vehicle code. Councilmembers responded by directing city leaders to lobby Sacramento to change state law – another drain on limited city resources.
Under the council’s direction, the city will also prepare an ordinance banning oversized vehicles from public roads deemed hazardous by an engineering study. City officials were directed to draft a separate policy to tow vehicles from streets where parking is banned overnight.
Councilmembers, led by Mayor Matt Mahan, said the city’s policies have no teeth –