Camps are set up outside the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless last October.
A preliminary plan to set up encampments on city-owned land in Austin has hit a snag.
The Austin City Council directed city staff to identify land for temporary camps last month after voters reinstated the ban on public encampments. The initial list was met with pushback, so staff has asked to extend Thursday s deadline to next month and begin setting up a temporary shelter in the meantime.
Mayor Pro Tem Natasha Harper-Madison told City Manager Spencer Cronk and staff at a briefing last week she wished the rollout of a list of 45 potential sites was more transparent both internally at City Hall and with residents.
The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District celebrated the completion of new state-of-the-art athletic and aquatic facilities at Granada High School this month after nearly two years of construction.