TACOMA, Wash. — City leaders in Tacoma are considering an expansion of its homeless camping ban to include areas around parks, schools, libraries, and permanent shelters.
The city already prohibits tents within a ten-block buffer zone of temporary and emergency shelters, as well as within 200 feet of protected bodies of water. That law was passed three years ago.
Areas near schools, shelters, and daycares are also off limits…