Tucson proposes new limits on camping in washes, standing in medians — with possible fines, jail

Tucson City Council split on votes to criminalize people who are homeless - AZ Luminaria

In the years Gerald Montag has spent rescuing animals that live on the street, he’s also made friends with people who live on the street: older men and women, families with children and former military veterans like himself. People who are homeless need support from their elected government officials, he said, not laws that will criminalize them for sleeping in washes or public parks. “What is new to me is a local government willing to pile on t…

Tucson proposes new limits on camping in washes, standing in medians — with possible fines, jail

The Tucson City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to ban camping in washes, further limit sleeping in parks and minimize standing in traffic medians, opening up increased enforcement of unhoused people at a moment when high rent prices and…