The illegal camps show how out-of-control Austin’s homeless crisis has become.
Often hidden from public view in wooded areas, the encampments, banned by voter mandate, have become hot beds for illegal activity and been theHammonds warns an even bigger public safety threat could be looming as the sites remain largely unregulated by the Democratic city’s leadership.
“We have fires in these camps every year, but thank the Lord the fire department has been able to put them out very quickly,” he added.“It gets really hot and really dry in the summer,” the filmmaker explained. “These folks build fires, and these greenbelts, when it gets dry, it’s like a match waiting to go off.
“With evidence of campfires for cooking or warmth, wildfire protection was a critical priority,” Austin Mayor Pro TemJaime Hammonds has been documenting Austin’s homeless crisis on his Twitter account of the last year and a half.But even after that, the city gave the homeless the option of leaving the camp, only taking those who volunteered to go to a shelter and allowing the rest to stay.
“That camp has been there for six weeks despite local and state law prohibiting this,” said a disgruntled Texan who asked to remain anonymous. “Austin voters successfully made public camping illegal on May 1, 2021, yet Austin officials refuse to enforce the law.”Dave Creaney for NY Post“When possible, the least intrusive and lowest level of force that achieves voluntary compliance has been a preferred method,” City Spokeswoman Jenny LaCoste-Caputo told The Post.
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