Austin City Council Reinstates Partial Camping Ban

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

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

Oct. 18, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

New, Improved Camping Ban Fizzles at Council

Consensus collapses as the hot summer of homelessness drags on

"...proposed ordinances that could have brought back bans on public camping in some parts of Austin...."

Sept. 23, 2019 News Post by Austin Sanders

For Council, No Easy Next Steps After Lifting Camping Ban

Austin’s homelessness strategy turns to housing

"...from 1996, following the original Council vote to prohibit camping, sitting, or lying in the public right of way..."

Aug. 23, 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

Council Backs Away From New Camping Ban

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

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

Sept. 27, 2019 News Feature 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. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Still Seeking Next Steps on Camping Policy and Homelessness

Council to flesh out next steps in coming weeks

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

Sept. 6, 2019 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..."

Sept. 13, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Encampment Fires Add Fuel to Camping Ban Debate

Mackowiak: "No one has ever run as sophisticated a campaign as the one we are running"

"...on the May 1 ballot, which would reinstate the public camping ban in parts of Austin. The blaze at..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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

"...Legislature rolled out its own statewide version of a camping ban that preempts SAN's ordinance; the city, with the..."

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

Court Orders Change to Camping Ban Ballot

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

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

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Strange Bedfellows Indeed

Do AJC, SAN, really see eye-to-eye on homeless policy?

"...homelessness problem now that Proposition B has passed and public camping will again be outlawed...."

May 14, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

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

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

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

April 8, 2021 News Post by News Staff

Public Notice: Is This a Column Yet?

Random notes from around the city

"...held in Luckenbach, Texas, next weekend, Oct. 21-22. There's camping and campfire socializing Friday and Saturday nights – one..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Save Austin Now Petition to Reinstate Camping Ban Fails

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

"...Save Austin Now, a group led by Travis County Republican Party Chair Matt Mackowiak, did not meet the 20,000-signatures..."

Aug. 5, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

Public Notice: Plans for the Future

The CodeNEXT process is upon us

"...having actual work product to unveil to an anxious public...."

Oct. 16, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice

Ring Their Bell

"...with some of the area's most progressive and effective public service care groups in their Passages Program, like: Austin..."

Aug. 22, 1997 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice

A Side of Hummos to Go

"...Matthew and Hummos photograph by Amanda Redmond..."

July 2, 1999 Column by Kate X Messer

Public Notice: Ten Things

A CodeNEXT primer, and happy Earth Day

"...tax at all. Sorry, car batteries, chainsaws, plywood, and camping supplies don't qualify. See www.comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/publications/98-1017.php for the full list...."

April 21, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Good Camp, Bad Camp: Council Mulls Sanctioned Sites for the Unsheltered

Helping end homelessness, or just managing public space?

"...Council elections, and now City Hall is looking at public camping through a different lens...."

Jan. 29, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

A Chaotic Scene as APD Clears Encampment Outside City Hall

Hastily planned action takes campers, officials by surprise

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

June 14, 2021 News Post 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

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

May 7, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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

"...criminal consequences for homelessness, including a partial ban on public camping, along with multiple proposed amendments to the city..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

What's on the May 1 Ballot?

Voters will decide "strong-mayor" leadership, public camping ban, and other local propositions

"...Prop B: Code amendment prohibiting public camping in addition to sitting or lying down on..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

May 1 Special Election Results: First Five Win, Last Three Lose

$1 million buys camping ban; strong-mayor couldn't be weaker

"...folks behind Proposition B, the citizen initiative to re-criminalize public camping in Downtown Austin and near the UT Campus,..."

May 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

Supreme Court Decision Validates Local Strategies to Decriminalize Homelessness

SCOTUS passes on camping bans

"...Council and activists who successfully loosened Austin's restrictions on camping, sitting, and lying in public over the summer, ultimately..."

Dec. 20, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The Devil's River You Know

Sierra Club fears impact of state park swap

"...almost 20,000 acres of lush, roughing-it hiking trails and camping grounds. Cacti speckle the remote site and a sparkling..."

Oct. 25, 2010 News Post by Kelsey McNiel

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

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

"...policies on homelessness, including partially reinstating a ban on public camping...."

April 27, 2021 News Post by Benton Graham

May 1 Special Election Early Voting Results Are In

Big lead for Prop B, even bigger deficit for Prop F

"...eight propositions on the ballot, and Proposition B, the "camping ban" backed by Save Austin Now to partially reverse..."

May 1, 2021 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

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

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