Eighteen public parks are on a preliminary list of 45 possible locations for city-sanctioned encampments to shelter Austin s homeless population.
City staff members prepared the list and presented it Tuesday to the Austin City Council. The list of city-owned properties builds on the council s desire to urgently get people off the streets and into lawful encampments after voters chose to reinstate the public camping ban on May 1.
The parks include Walter E. Long, Commons Ford, Mary Moore Searight, Bull Creek, Roy G. Guerrero, John Treviño Jr., Circle C and Dick Nichols. Five recreation centers also made the list: Parque Zaragoza, Givens, Northwest, South Austin and Austin.
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Lawmakers say they’ll take no action this year on a bill requiring nursing home owners and operators to get state approval before they acquire, operate or manage a nursing home.
An effort to fix problems with the oversight of California’s nursing homes has stalled, sparking fears that the bill is doomed and prompting elder care advocates to warn that even a delay jeopardizes residents’ safety.
“I’m incredibly frustrated,” said Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, author of Assembly Bill 1502. “The pandemic has clearly exposed the horrible conditions of so many of our nursing homes.
Posted By Jocelyn Wiener on Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 12:33 PM An effort to fix problems with the oversight of California’s nursing homes has stalled, sparking fears that the bill is doomed and prompting elder care advocates to warn that even a delay jeopardizes residents’ safety. “I’m incredibly frustrated,” said Democratic Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi of Los Angeles, author of Assembly Bill 1502. “The pandemic has clearly exposed the horrible conditions of so many of our nursing homes. “People are dying as we wait….We cannot sit around with a broken state oversight system while our most vulnerable residents continue to live in these nursing homes.”
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