After many hours and many speakers, Aurora City Council passed an urban camping ban.
"If you sweep me away, I’m going to die alone. Or you’re going to have your friends lock me up in jail. Is that what I deserve?" asked Omen Cross, who identified himself as a homeless veteran who lives in Aurora."Mr. Mayor, I officially challenge you for the title of mayor," Cross said loudly, garnering a rebuke from Mayor Pro Tem, who was presiding over the debate. Bergan then ordered the council into a ten-minute recess before the meeting resumed.
Aurora's new camping ban brings the homelessness enforcement policy of the metro area's second-largest municipality and Colorado's third-largest city in line with that of the City of Denver, which has had a camping ban in place since 2012. in 2018, was elected mayor of Aurora in late 2019. He first proposed the idea of establishing a camping ban in October 2020.
Some of those who testified in opposition to the ordinance criticized Coffman for the"Homeless Mike" stint."That was a vacation for you," said Joel Northam, an organizer for the, which rallied members to attend the hearing. Northam got hit with criminal charges after participating in a protest demanding justice for Elijah McClain outside Aurora Police Department headquarters; those charges were eventually dropped.
Coffman had officially introduced a camping ban proposal last summer, but was unable to secure a majority vote in August. Then, in November, the political tides shifted on Aurora City Council.Omen Cross spoke out against the camping ban ordinance.
The Denver Police Department rarely issues tickets for violations of the city's camping ban. But authorities frequently cite the law when asking people to move, and as they do, it disrupts connections that service providers have established with people experiencing homelessness.
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