‘Stability first’ legislation to address Tacoma’s homeless encampments fails

In the latest attempt for Seattle-adjunct municipalities to codify the removal of homeless encampments from public property, Tacoma City Council has failed to bring “Pathways to Shelter and Stability” to a vote, legislation which would have made camping or storing possessions on public property a misdemeanor crime.

The legislation was “walked on” ahead of its scheduled public comment period, and was removed from the council’s agenda Dec. 7 by a 6-3 margin, Tacoma’s News Tribune reports.

The policy resembles Tacoma city law from 2016-2019, which maintained the criminality of public encampments. The law expired in 2019, and since that time Councilmember Robert Thoms, who has lost reelection to council

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