Top Austin Headlines of 2021: Voters Resurrect Camping Ban

May 1: Austin voters approve Proposition B, a citizen initiative from Save Austin Now to restore some criminal penalties for camping in public and panhandling

Dec. 17, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Looks for Routes Out of Its Homelessness Crisis

Under pressure, the city experiments with fast and sustainable strategies

"...and criminal penalties for camping, sitting and lying, and panhandling, a decision that was effectively repealed by voter approval..."

July 9, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

"You Can't Stay Here": Austin's Unhoused Population Faces an Uncertain Future

Council, police, and providers confront camp challenge

"...camping, sitting or lying on streets and sidewalks, and panhandling. (Many current campsites are already illegal, but have not..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

May 1 Special Election Results: Austin Voters Tell City Leaders What They Don't Like

Austin voters tell city leaders what they don’t like

"...measure to reinstate Austin's ordinances that restrict public camping, panhandling, and other aspects of homelessness, with criminal penalties for..."

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

God Don't Like Ugly: Austin Faith Leaders Unite to Smite Prop B

But big money’s rolling in to back camping ban campaign

"...that re-criminalizing camping, sitting or lying on sidewalks, and panhandling would force many unhoused Austinites into a cycle of..."

April 27, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

Chronicle Endorsements for the May 1 City of Austin Special Election

Our picks for the eight propositions you'll see on your ballot

"...homelessness – camping, sitting and lying in the streets, panhandling. Since then, as a political matter, everything has gone..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Watch: Chronicle Hosts Discussion of Prop B (aka the Camping Ban)

We talk with reps from Homes Not Handcuffs and Save Austin Now

"...citizen initiative to restore Austin's prohibitions on public camping, panhandling, and other activities of homelessness – and on the..."

April 8, 2021 News Post by News Staff

Meet the People Behind the Props With the Chronicle’s Virtual Election Forums

VIDEO: Local campaigns join News Editor Mike Clark-Madison to discuss what they’re supporting – or opposing – on the May 1 ballot

"...citizen initiative to restore Austin's prohibitions on public camping, panhandling, and other activities of homelessness – and on the..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature

Election Ticker: Democracy, Dollars

Austinites for Progressive Reform, opposition PACs report campaign finances

"...to reinstate local ordinances criminalizing some public camping and panhandling that were rolled back by Council in 2019. The..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: On the Ground, in the Sky

Council tackles Austin’s intractable housing crisis in several dimensions

"...for public camping, sitting or lying in the rights-of-way, panhandling, and other common components of life on the street...."

April 9, 2021 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Opinion: White Privilege in Austin’s Unhoused Community

Alberta Phillips, chair of the ECHO Board of Governors, explains the kind of racism that can lock Black people into a lifetime of living unsheltered

"...laws City Councils established, essentially outlawing loitering, sleeping, or panhandling Downtown. Make no mistake: Those laws disproportionately impacted Black..."

March 19, 2021 Column by Alberta Phillips

Court Orders Change to Camping Ban Ballot

Following a ruling from the Texas Supreme Court, City Council changes ballot language

"...citizen initiative to reinstate criminal penalties for public camping, panhandling, and other facets of visible homelessness in certain parts..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Election Time Again! Council Sets Propositions for May 1 Ballot

Local propositions to include strong mayor proposal and a reinstatement of the public camping ban

"...or sleeping outside near Downtown and UT, and make panhandling illegal at certain times and locations. It's separate from..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council District 6: Flannigan Faulted for Progressive Politics

Challengers run to incumbent’s right on homelessness, police spending

"...City Council votes to loosen restrictions on public camping, panhandling, and sitting and lying. Retired Texas Department of Criminal..."

Oct. 9, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Campaign to Recriminalize Homelessness Turns in Signatures

Will "Save Austin Now" make it to the ballot?

"...SAN ordinance would restore the city's camping, sit/lie, and panhandling ordinances to their pre-2019 language; it has no other..."

July 24, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin at Large: People, Read the Zoom!

Don't make me leave the house to deliver some sense to y'all in times like these

"...that were changed nearly a year ago) regarding camping, panhandling, and sitting or lying in public. Remember that? It..."

April 17, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Working Overtime to Provide for Unhoused Neighbors During the Coronavirus Pandemic

All shall be fed

"...city, there's little vehicle and foot traffic that supports panhandling...."

April 3, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Separating Fact From Fiction Regarding Austin's Homelessness Strategy

"...change (9-4-13) changes "solicitation" to "aggressive confrontation," which allows panhandling but still prohibits intimidating or threatening behavior. All three..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Headlines

"...the city. Now "aggressive solicitation" is criminalized, not simple panhandling. Sitting, lying, and camping are now permitted in public..."

July 5, 2019 News Feature

Gettin’ Better Every Day

"...So, now that the City Council decided that lie/sit, panhandling, or pitching a tent (almost anywhere) is allowed. Allowed..."

June 28, 2019 Postmarks

Council Plows Through Marathon Agenda

They've got 191 Items to go before decamping for summer break

"...city ordinances that criminalize behaviors of homelessness – camping, panhandling, and sitting in the street. Discussion at Council earlier..."

June 21, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Council Members Look to Tax Previously Exempted Waterfront Homes

Correcting the "Mistake on the Lake" could fund city initiatives

"...Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) said current "no sit/no lie" and panhandling ordinances must be modified, because when the homeless are..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Musician Hurt in Panhandler Attack Outside Show

Assault highlights worsening criminality in the live music district

"...regularly witnesses open drug dealing, violence, and increasingly aggressive panhandling in the area around his business. He’s also had..."

Nov. 12, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Council’s Last Licks

Closing up shop before summer break

"...changes to the city's anti-solicitation ordinance that prohibits aggressive panhandling, city staff tapped the brakes on the issue to..."

June 29, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council: Come Get Loopy

Life on the dais, for quite a while

"...– pleaded with Council to repeal city ordinances against panhandling, camping, and sitting in parts of Downtown. Steven Potter,..."

May 4, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

No Sit/No Lie? No Thanks!

May 1, 2018 Postmarks

Council: Seeking Consensus on Hotel Occupancy Tax

City Council’s HOT debate masks deeper divisions

"...promote public interactions with homeless folks as alternatives to panhandling...."

Sept. 8, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

Council: Heating Up the HOT Tax

Mayor moves to defend his solutions to the “Downtown Puzzle”

"...folks; Item 59 would research ways to substitute for "panhandling" other fundraising efforts for people on the street; Item..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Feature by Michael King

A Closer Look at No Sit/No Lie

"...but also a way of addressing chronic and aggressive panhandling Downtown. West Campus and East Austin are also currently..."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Help Desk

What to do when you're faced with a personal crowdfunding conundrum

"...artists accountable, for now these campaigns are more like panhandling than investment-seeking. If you want to believe that the..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Screens Column by Michael Agresta

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