, the city of Burien has filed a lawsuit against King County and the King County Sheriff's Office over its refusal to enforce the city's camping ban.
In early March, the Burien City Council approved an amendment to its existing ordinance that would create more limitations for people experiencing homelessness in the city. The amendment, approved by a 5-2 vote, creates a 500-foot buffer zone around parks, libraries, schools, daycares, and senior centers and makes it illegal for the unhoused to sleep overnight in those areas.arguing that Burien's recent amendment criminalized homelessness and, therefore, was unconstitutional.
Cole-Tindall said the amendment criminalizes things that people can't help and KCSO does not agree with the city of Burien on where that line was drawn.
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