Adler Tovo answer to Churches about Homeless Criminalization - University Baptist Church
Channel: Challenger Street Newspaper
Date: 2018-11-05

event: Austin Interfaith Coalition Mayor and Candidates Challenge, Including House Representatives, if I recall.

date: Oct 21, 2018 1530 hours approx

loc. University Baptist Church, University of Texas campus, on 
 Guadalupe, "the Drag"

Details: 
This event was setup by the Austin Interfaith Group that joins religious leadership and people from all faiths to bring policy changes to Austin to protect the indigent, the mistreated and make things better here.

The question that was the most pressing for us was written by the House the Homeless Coalition and was basically: Would you, as Mayor or Councilperson, vote to repeal the following City Codes and Ordinances that criminalize the homeless: 
1. No sit, no lie down. 
2. No Soliciting.
3. No Camping or sleeping.

The Homeless shelters are all full in Austin. Always. Over capacity an the housing of rah indigent is always full and the City refuses to build more immediately. Always asking for more and more money for administrative uses and overhead. Thievery. Banditos. Criminal.

All primary (incumbent) Candidates and secondary Candidates for Austin City Council and Austin Mayoral race on Nov 6th 2018 were presented these questions and more. These are their own words, unedited. Use them as you like. This is Public Information. And it’s for all of us. 

Don’t like Adler and Tovo lying and playing games with poor people’s lives?  Killing us in the streets with their codified laws?  

Then CALL CITY HALL and complain. They need to hear from you, Citizens of Austin!

City Hall main: 
311 or 512-974-2000

City Clerk city.clerk@austintexas.gov


Here for now, gone tomorrow:

Steve Adler Mayor 
steve.adler@austintexas.gov
512-978-2100

Spencer Cronk City Manager spencer.cronk@austintexas.gov

Ora Houston Council District 1 ora.houston@austintexas.gov
512-978-2101

Delia Garza Council District 2 delia.garza@austintexas.gov
512-978-2102

Pio Renteria pio.renteria@austintexas.gov
Council District 3
512-978-2103

Gregorio Greg Casar Council District 4
greg.casar@austintexas.gov
512-978-2104

Ann Kitchen Council District 5 ann.kitchen@austintexas.gov
district5@austintexas.gov
512-978-2105

Jimmy Flannigan Council District 6 jimmy.flannigan@austintexas.gov
512-978-2106

Leslie Pool Council District 7 leslie.pool@austintexas.gov
512-978-2107

Ellen Troxclair Council District 8 ellen.troxclair@austintexas.gov
512-978-2108

Kathie Tovo Mayor Pro-Tem Council District 9 kathie.tovo@austintexas.gov
512-978-2109

Alison Alter Council District 10 alison.alter@austintexas.gov
512-978-2110



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