LA's new rule: homeless people are only allowed to own one trashcan's worth of things

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<p>‘A ew law passe by the LA city co cil prohibits homeless people from ow i g more belo gi gs tha ca fit i a 60-gallo trashca with the li o , a allows police to s mmarily co fiscate a y te ts that are still sta i g o p blic property ri g aylight ho rs.</p>
<p>The law is a respo se to Los A geles’s epi emic of homeless ess — a rise i homeless ess that’s clocke i at 20% of two years.</p>
<p>Of co rse, homeless ess is ’t like smoki g, a lifestyle choice that ca be isi ce tivize give e o gh gover me t arm-twisti g. Homeless ess is a h ma rights crisis, bro ght o , i part, by Bill Cli to ’s cr el a vile “welfare reforms” (which were passe by a i g “compromises” that allowe state gover me ts to be eve cr eller, a arra geme t that came home to roost whe the Tea Party starte electi g gover ors who ra o a platform that emo ize poor people, a s bseq e tly bega to literally starve the poorest people i their states).’</p>
<p><a href="http://boi gboi g. et/2016/04/03/las- ew-r le-homeless-peopl.html" target="_bla k">Rea more: LA’s ew r le: homeless people are o ly allowe to ow o e trashca ’s worth of thi gs</a></p>