Austin City Council Reinstates Partial Camping Ban

Governor sends in TxDOT; Kitchen leads effort for more explicit rules

"...Oct. 17, to partially reinstate a ban on public camping, Gov. Greg Abbott announced today, Oct. 18, the Texas..."

Oct. 18, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Backs Away From New Camping Ban

Is consensus forming on how to move past this summer's controversy?

"...called meeting that promised action on the city's public camping and no sit/no lie ordinances fizzled out on Friday,..."

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Sidewalk Ordinance Softened

"...the City Council has altered the wording of an ordinance that would have prohibited sitting or lying on downtown..."

Oct. 5, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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

"...its signatures amidst pandemic conditions, including mailing its proposed ordinance to every Austin voter. That lengthy exposure, and the..."

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

City Still Seeking Next Steps on Camping Policy and Homelessness

Council to flesh out next steps in coming weeks

"...Council's request that staff investigate potential sites where public camping, sitting, or lying could be restricted or outright prohibited;..."

Sept. 6, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

New, Improved Camping Ban Fizzles at Council

Consensus collapses as the hot summer of homelessness drags on

"...on Friday afternoon, Sept. 20, to act on proposed ordinances that could have brought back bans on public camping..."

Sept. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

City Council Ready to Move on From Camping Ban

"Council made a decision, and it's time for us to move past the divisiveness in the community"

"...New rules covering public camping in Austin will go into effect on Sunday, Oct...."

Oct. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Council Aims to Calibrate Camping Rules

Three-phased approach reflects growing consensus on dais

"...a special called meeting on changes to the city's camping, sitting, and lying ordinances unfolding on Wednesday, Sept. 18,..."

Sept. 20, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

For Council, No Easy Next Steps After Lifting Camping Ban

Austin’s homelessness strategy turns to housing

"...archives: "What were the city council's expectations after this [ordinance] was passed?" the lieutenant is quoted as asking. "But..."

Aug. 23, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Court Orders Change to Camping Ban Ballot

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

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

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Dueling Camping Bans on Tap at City Council

Special called meeting next week to resolve issue

"...New public camping restrictions will be con­sidered in two proposed ordinances at..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Quality of Life Ordinance

Summary of changes proposed to homeless ordinance.

"...Camping and Sleeping in Public: Amendment would "make it offense..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Save Austin Now Petition to Reinstate Camping Ban Fails

Clerk says petition didn't meet signature threshold to go to ballot

"...have put before voters a measure reinstating bans on camping, sitting, and lying in public, as well as a..."

Aug. 5, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Still Homeless

City Council Ponders Repeal of Flawed Camping Ban

"...but because he was driven there by the city's no-camping ordinance, which prevents him from setting up living accommodations,..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

A Chaotic Scene as APD Clears Encampment Outside City Hall

Hastily planned action takes campers, officials by surprise

"...there in protest of the reinstated ban on public camping were awoken by police officers and told to move..."

June 14, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

GOP-led Effort Aims to "Save" Austin From the Unhoused

Initiative seeks to reinstate city’s prior, more stringent camping ordinances

"...Monday a formalized effort to put changes to Austin's camping, sitting, and lying ordinances on the November 2020 ballot...."

Feb. 28, 2020 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Give It a Rest

Homeless people still get tickets for public sleeping, even though city law no longer bans it.

"...Why are Austin's homeless being ticketed under the camping-ban ordinance when in fact they're only sleeping? That's the..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Amy Smith

How Austin Is Tackling Homelessness on the Street and at City Hall

More shelters, more beds, and more fights about ordinances ahead

"...the July 1 effective date of the city's amended ordinances regulating where people can sit, lie, or camp in..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Class War

Homeless Hearing Stinks Up Council Chambers

"...war. Crisply dressed businesspeople sporting newly printed "Keep the Camping Ban" stickers, and disheveled street people hoisting well-worn "House..."

Aug. 8, 1997 News Column by Kayte VanScoy

Separating Fact From Fiction Regarding Austin's Homelessness Strategy

"...What ordinances were changed?..."

Aug. 2, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

A Closer Look at No Sit/No Lie

"...led to fines under the city's No Sit/No Lie ordinance, which applies to certain public spaces...."

Nov. 6, 2015 News Feature by Makeda Easter

Mapping Out a Solution

Austin's Homeless Task Force

"...With Austin's no-camping ordinance up for repeal this summer, all eyes are..."

July 4, 1997 News Feature

Austin Leaders Move Forward With Homeless Aids

Homelessness: not a crime, not a picnic

"...morning show describe in apocalyptic terms the city's recent ordinance changes that make it legal to sit, lie, camp,..."

July 19, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Common Law

Overnight RV camping at Zilker Park?

"...is expressly prohibited by signage as well as city ordinance No. 20170615-023. However, if a person or their vehicle..."

April 7, 2023 Column by Luke Ellis

Rodriguez Attacks Casar Over Homelessness Policy

Dems condemn political ad’s “Republican-style” tactics

"...banner reading: “Greg Casar not only designed the disastrous ordinance lifting the ban on tent cities in Austin, he..."

Jan. 29, 2022 News Post by Austin Sanders

Council Thinks Hard on Homelessness

Action on new rules set for June 20 meeting

"...a lengthy discussion on proposed changes to current city ordinances that seek to control behaviors associated with homelessness, in..."

June 7, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

Naked City

The council listens for four hours as proponents and opponents of the doomed motion to change Rosewood Avenue to Dorothy Turner Avenue make their case; the motion failed for lack of a second.

"...end up looking like a rerun of Austin's infamous camping ordinance, the council is poised to pass another ordinance..."

March 9, 2001 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Naked City

After months of litigation over who owns what portion of the Sand Beach Reserve on Town Lake, Lumbermen's Development Corp. has offered the city a deal. Also: the council discusses a settlement with Stratus properties over development on their land over the aquifer, and the city amends the camping ordinance.

"...The city ordinance that prohibited camping in the public right-of-way, which sparked..."

Oct. 6, 2000 News Feature by Emily Pyle

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

"...will include Save Austin Now's citizen initiative for an ordinance to reinstate criminal consequences for homelessness, including a partial..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Questions Abound as New Campground, Shelter Plans Announced

Helping address homelessness, or delaying real solutions?

"...marginal improvement over the places where people have been camping until Abbott forced them to move. The governor’s plan..."

Nov. 7, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

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