The Austin City Council is poised to ban camping in four areas of the city that have been overtaken by people experiencing homelessness – but will try to make it happen without any of the tools typically used to enforce such a ban.
In a watered-down amendment to a heftier proposal to get people off the streets and into supportive housing, Council Member Ann Kitchen made clear Tuesday that policing and citations are no longer on the table as potential punishments for disobeying the ban.
The removal of potential legal consequences represented a shift by Kitchen and five council members who co-sponsored her plan. Kitchen unveiled it last month to mixed reviews, with community members saying they are weary over the city s growing crisis and activists saying it s cruel to punish someone on the basis they cannot afford a home and have to sleep outside.
Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose
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MAP: Bicyclist struck and killed by hit-and-run driver in San Jose.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - A man riding a bicycle was killed early Sunday morning by a wrong-way driver of a pickup truck that fled the scene, San Jose police said.
Officers responded just before 4:30 a.m. to a report of a collision in the area of South First and Reed streets and located a bicycle rider down in the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
The man had been riding southbound on South First Street when he was struck by a dark colored Chevrolet Silverado type truck going northbound in the southbound lanes, according to the preliminary investigation. The truck fled the scene and has not been located, police said.
The Hermiston City Council had planned to award the bid for construction of a new city hall during its Monday, Jan. 25, meeting, but had to delay the vote.
Man, 68, killed in Harlingen crash
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A 68-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle in Harlingen Tuesday night, according to a news release from the Harlingen Police Department.
At about 7:00 p.m., Samuel Martinez-Perales was near the intersection of E. Buchanan Avenue and South First Street when he was struck by the vehicle driven by a 25-year-old Harlingen resident. The driver hasn t been identified.
Martinez-Perales was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
No charges have been filed against the driver at this time, police said.