Opponents of the city’s nearly 10-year-old urban camping ban delayed Monday’s Denver City Council meeting for about an hour after refusing to give up the podium in the council chambers at the end of the scheduled public comment period.
the city’s nearly 10-year-old urban camping
Wearing shirts that read “Denver’s decade of doom” the group referred to the ordinance, which has resulted in regular sweeps of homeless encampments around the city, a ban on survival. Council President Stacie Gilmore allowed the public comment period to go past its normal ending time so Chase could speak but when the group refused to relinquish the podium after that, Gilmore called for a recess.
Chase told the group that repealing the camping ban is unlikely. Advocates tried on the ballot box in 2019 with Initiative 300,. He argued people need to push the city to do more to provide housing.
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