The city council passed the measure Wednesday, which aims to clear the tent encampment in a part of the city that's seen widespread drug use and homelessness.
Boston police and public health workers will begin enforcing a new ordinance banning tents and tarps from public streets on Nov. 1.Wednesday, which aims to clear the tent encampment in the area around Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, which has seen increased drug use and homelessness. Mayor Michelle Wu signed it Wednesday evening.
The new law bans encampments on public streets and sidewalks. It requires police and city workers to offer people shelter, transportation, and storage for their belongings before they take down a tent.Wu said city crews were out posting signs Thursday morning in 11 languages with information about the change.
Boston Housing Chief Sheila Dillon said the city has set up or identified about 100 temporary shelter beds to accommodate people leaving tents next week. That includes a new 30-bed"safe sleeping site" at the Boston Public Health Commission's campus on Massachusetts Avenue. "It's going to be a lot more police there," Police Commissioner Michael Cox said Thursday at the press conference."We're going to have revolving teams of people throughout the city to help enforce this, to make sure encampments don't occur throughout the city."Some public health advocates fear the increased law enforcement activity and involuntary displacement will further harm vulnerable people living in the area.
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