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Austin's local gov't (in the state capital) brought this upon itself. Over 60% of Austin voted to end unregulated camping: the former progressive mayor of Aust
by jdross 3y ago
Austin's local gov't (in the state capital) brought this upon itself.
Over 60% of Austin voted to end unregulated camping: the former progressive mayor of Austin said he would not enforce it, and that he would designate all parks as legal unhoused camping zones. This pissed off a lot of the local population, the governor and the senate.
By trying to get around the local vote against allowing unregulated vagrancy from the houseless population he pushed the state senate to strip the city of those rights. The other pork just came along with it as a nice bonus "screw you"
- isykt 3y agoThat’s some twisted logic. The Senate could have passed a statewide ban on unregulated camping, but instead decided to strip the city of its right to make most ordinances, including mandated water breaks for construction workers during a heat wave. The rollback of home rule —more than a century old — is a disproportionate, unreasonable response to a specific problem, the political equivalent of nuking an ant colony.
- pandaman 3y agoTexas had passed such a ban (HB 1925) and Austin ignored that too.