I am not from the US. I have vaguely heard that many large cities have homelessness issue. But, I am guessing that the homelessness problem must be pretty sev

I am not from the US. I have vaguely heard that many large cities have homelessness issue. But, I am guessing that the homelessness problem must be pretty severe for the council to consider such a measure? It doesn't look like it's happening yet: > After a day of hearings, the Council, perhaps swayed by a huge hotel industry turnout, voted down the initiative. But the Council then voted 12-0 to put the initiative, which had 126,000 signatures, on the ballot for March 2024. Is this ballot aimed at voters, or is it a ballot aimed at city council members? And pardon my cynicism but that's really far away, it's enough time for the hotel industry mentioned above to sway the people involved to vote against it, no?