homelessness
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Denver councilmembers criticize mayor for not providing financial briefing on homelessness response
Amid a technology outage that forced the Denver City Council to go “old school,” Mayor Mike Johnston came under fire for not briefing councilmembers on the “All in Mile High” homelessness resolution effort. Specifically, councilmembers Amanda Sawyer and Shontel Lewis on Mondayu called out a trio of contracts supporting on-call contracts with security agencies for…
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Aurora council delays vote on tougher camping ban penalties, homeless court
Aurora councilmembers on Monday delayed a vote on the proposed “tough love” approach to homelessness, which would bring tougher penalties for violations of the camping ban along the I-225 corridor and create a new court for low-level offenses by homeless people. Councilmembers at Monday night’s regular City Council meeting said they delayed the vote because…
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Aurora lawmakers provisionally approve new ‘tough love’ homeless approach
Aurora’s proposed “tough love” approach to homelessness, which would bring harsher penalties for violations of the camping ban along the I-225 corridor and create a new court for low-level offenses by homeless people, moved forward with unanimous council support during Monday night’s study session. The approach includes two new proposals from Mayor Mike Coffman, Councilmember…