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Texas municipalities have received 2 warnings of costly litigation re: enforcement of the statewide camping ban on public property (#HB1925) which went into effect Sept. 1.
Here's @GovAbbott & @KenPaxtonTX warning about failing to enforce the law. #txlege
Here's @GovAbbott & @KenPaxtonTX warning about failing to enforce the law. #txlege
The second warning for Texas municipalities came from the @ACLUTx, @FairDefense, @TexasAppleseed & @NLCHPhomeless if local leaders enforced #HB1925 w/out regard to the Constitution & the American with Disabilities Act. #txlege
Side note: per witness lists from both the House State Affairs Cmte & Senate Local Gov't Cmte on #HB1925 and the Senate companion bill #SB987, the only service provider that testified in favor of the bills was @HavenForHope. #txlege 
Haven't heard much discussion of a BIG unfunded mandate in the Governor's anti-homeless legislation (#HB1925): If cops arrest under the statute, cities must store belongings at no charge. Will either be few arrests or significant ↑ costs. No space in overflowing evidence rooms.
Unclear if they must store ppl's stuff when arresting for unpaid warrants based on Class C tickets under #HB1925. If not, it would defeat the purpose of the provision: It's inevitable most ppl who receive these tickets won't be able to pay.
Interestingly, the bill forbids cities from establishing policies that limit these arrests, so if and when costs start racking up, the Lege will have taken away their ability to limit this expense.
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Austin City Council member @GregCasar during his testimony against #HB1925 to ban open camping in Texas, said the bill sought to punish local democracy.
He didn't mention he tried to quickly ram through homeless hotel purchases before communities could give input.
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Austin City Council member @GregCasar during his testimony against #HB1925 to ban open camping in Texas, said the bill sought to punish local democracy.
He didn't mention he tried to quickly ram through homeless hotel purchases before communities could give input.
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He also failed to mention the Texas Supreme Court ruled that he and his city council colleagues inserted biased, misleading language into a ballot proposition to overturn open camping. Language intended to bias voters against supporting the measure.
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Greg failed to mention that he lets his advocate friends pack the city council feedback mechanism, thereby having an outsized voice on matters before the council.
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