The city of Wichita could help fund Second Light, the city’s homeless shelter operated by a non-profit – but with caveats.
At the center of a debate at a City Council workshop Tuesday was the number of beds at the shelter, and whether that was enough to enforce the city’s encampment ordinance. The ordinance requires that shelter beds be available before law enforcement can ticket someone for camping or disband an encampment.
Of the 130 beds at the shelter, 100 are set aside for people in Second Light’s Shelter+Services program, which offers a bed and services to eventually transition them into housing…