Louisiana House committee rejects bill on homeless camps

Louisiana House committee rejects bill on homeless camps

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An effort to deal with the state's homeless issue failed in the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday. Rep. Alonzo Knox (D-New Orleans) authored HB 619. He told the committee his legislation was a compassionate way to deal with the homeless problem. The bill would allow local governments to designate certain areas as homeless encampments if beds at homeless shelters are not available. But Knox said stan…