During last nights Policy and Services Committee meeting Council members Liz Kniss, Larry Klein and city manager James Keene have resurrected the segregated south by officially recommending that the City of Palo Alto make it illegal for homeless people to possess and or own a vehicle. “Injustice fights with two weapons, force and fraud..  A common...
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Palo Alto’s Vehicle Habitation Ban on the Hit List of Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s Homeless Bill of Rights. On June 27, 2012 Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law the Rhode Island Homeless Bill of Rights. On December 4, 2012 California State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano introduced a California equivalent: AB 5, which is a bill that...
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Molly Stump, Palo Alto City Attorney: Public Records Request-Government Code 6250-6270-Vehicle Habitation Ordinance: Given the lack of transparency and cooperation by City Staff in regards to the Vehicle Habitation Working Group I fear that City Staff will recommend that the Vehicle Habitation Ordinance be submitted to City Council for a vote this coming September 2012...
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PALO ALTO—Kurt Varner moved to Palo Alto from Los Angeles in March to start an Internet company. But instead of renting an apartment, the 25-year-old has been residing in a different kind of abode: his car. Every 72 hours, Mr. Varner moves his car around Palo Alto to avoid violating the city’s parking rules,...
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And why the need for a Necessity Defense Vehicle Habitation Legal Fund? By some estimates there are now 1.1 million Californians who find themselves unemployed or underemployed. As it stands, over 613,000 Californians have lost all unemployment benefits and it may in fact be years before we see the light of day on any...
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Eugene Municipal Code Section 4.816 – Permitted Overnight Sleeping. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code: A. Persons may sleep overnight in a vehicle, camper or trailer in a parking lot of a religious institution, place of worship, business or public entity that owns or leases property on which a parking lot and...
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One of the most important community meetings and decisions facing the city of Palo Alto was the discussions last night on the planned Vehicle Habitation Ordinance. What were obviously missing were the three major players in this purposed ordinance. The complaining affluent neighbors, Police and our Human Relations Commission. Time and time again questions...
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People of Palo Alto demonstrated their solution-oriented forward thinking at last night’s meeting on Palo Alto’s proposed legislation regarding car dwellers. Stanford Lutheran Church was filled with vehicle dwellers and home dwellers who expressed personal fears for safety, for their children’s well being; concerns about safety, sanitation, human rights, fairness; and possible solutions to...
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Just as Hearst fomented lies to the American people in order to garner support for a war with Spain and as journalists essentially published articles written by government staff in support of the war with Iraq, so too does the Palo Alto Weekly foment baseless arguments fanning the flames of hate and prejudices in...
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