When the ordinance first came up for a vote earlier this year, housing activists expressed concern over the city's approach to focus first on enforcement, rather than providing services or finishing housing projects.
Councilmember Dan O'Brien, who is in favor of the ban, said it's about getting people off the streets and into temporary or permanent housing.
"No one will be asked to remove their possessions from a public space until we have those living arrangements available," he said., he became concerned that people without consistent shelter would simply relocate to Culver City. "If L.A. is going to be focusing on going to encampments that are bordering Culver City and offering housing while saying, 'We're offering you housing so you can't have your encampment here anymore,' I had a concern personally that those who refused would just move across the street to Culver City, and then it would become our responsibility at that point to address their needs," he said.
At a council meeting in January, activists for the unhoused and others who oppose the ban spoke for hours during the public comment at the meeting,
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